You’ve probably heard by now that Twitch has a grand plan to introduce a virtual currency for in-play betting purposes.

Their main premise appears to be awesome: while you’re watching or playing a game, you can place a bet on your favorites and earn stuff.

However, the facts we’re working with here are not that straightforward.

See, even though we received reports of Twitch introducing a new currency, we still don’t know their exact plan of action or, let’s say, a main strategy.

So, after bashing my head around a bit and decided to try and come up with all possible outcomes of this latest update.

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Match fixing is one of the most talked about topics in today’s esports scene. It has been in the headlines extensively in 2016 and 2017, following  the biggest cheating scandal in Korea at the end of 2015, when 12 people were arrested on the charges of fixing a number Starcraft 2 matches. Among them were three players who immediately received lifetime bans.

There have been similar problems before, but it was all taken with a pinch of salt, especially due to the infancy of high level professional tournaments. In short, it was treated as an expected hiccup in the evolution of one sport.

What many people failed to realize is that gamers hate cheating, probably more than any other sports fans.

That is because cheating in gaming is the highest form of disrespect to the game and is a hatred that everyone shares, from amateurs to high level professionals.

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There is no doubt that esports is the next sports.

As a matter of fact, watching esports will become a $3,5 billion dollar business in just 4 years.

Currently, the industry is in its growth stage, with annual revenues breaking the $1,5 billion dollar mark.

Just in 2016, there have been over 10,000 professional tournaments with tens of millions of dollars in prize money. We even broke a few world records – 46 million people tuned in to watch IEM Katowice in February 2017.

Feeling intrigued yet?

So do the celebrities.

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