{"id":17235,"date":"2025-06-27T04:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17235"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:13:25","slug":"riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Source: Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__audio\">\t\t<span class=\"bg\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-audio\">\n\t\t<div class=\"audio green-audio-player\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"play-pause-btn\" id=\"playPause\">\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"controls\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"name-and-time\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-audio\">Listen to this article<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"total-time\">~&nbsp;3:00<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider\" data-direction=\"horizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"progress\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pin\" id=\"progress-pin\" data-method=\"rewind\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#F2F2F1\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14.667 0v2.747c3.853 1.146 6.666 4.72 6.666 8.946 0 4.227-2.813 7.787-6.666 8.934v2.76C20 22.173 24 17.4 24 11.693 24 5.987 20 1.213 14.667 0zM18 11.693c0-2.36-1.333-4.386-3.333-5.373v10.707c2-.947 3.333-2.987 3.333-5.334zm-18-4v8h5.333L12 22.36V1.027L5.333 7.693H0z\" id=\"speaker\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"volume-controls hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider\" data-direction=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"progress\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pin\" id=\"volume-pin\" data-method=\"changeVolume\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__article__meta__block spgn__article__author\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/cedric-pabriga\/\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt='Cedric Pabriga' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18da2be6f67987c3bb23b7f5b05cc9a5bc71f9cf08608fc0bdbe47e2a7da5acb?s=68&#038;d=retro&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-68 photo spgn__article__author__avatar__image' height='68' width='68' \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__name\">\n                \t\t\t\tBy\n                \t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"author\" itemScope itemType=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"name\" title=\"Display name in user profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCedric Pabriga\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__position\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Contributing editor\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t            <ul class=\"spgn__article__author__data js-article-data\" data-timestamp=\"1750997478\">\n                <li class=\"spgn__icon__separator js-local-date\"><time itemProp=\"datePublished\"\n                datetime=\"2025-06-27T04:11:18+00:00\">June 27, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n                <li class=\"spgn__icon__separator --lowercase js-local-time\">4:11 am<\/li>\n                <li>3&nbsp;min read<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta__block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social\" data-testid=\"hero-social\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__title\" data-testid=\"hero-social-title\">More content<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on YouTube<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cJYbGCNs\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Discord<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on X<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gn_gamingnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Instagram<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"hero-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on TikTok<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__key-points\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__key-points__title\"><h2>Key points<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t<ol class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Riot Games announced that it is opening Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant esports to betting partnerships.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>The company has put several guardrails in place to protect teams and the game\u2019s ecosystem.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Tier 1 official broadcast livestreams will not promote the betting sites.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>On June 26, 2025, Riot Games published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riotgames.com\/en\/news\/esports-betting-sponsorships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">press release<\/a> announcing that the company is allowing esports betting brands to pursue a partnership with teams in tier 1 esports. According to the company, this move will make the esports scene of <strong>League of Legends<\/strong> and <strong>Valorant<\/strong> a lot more sustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riot Games added that the program will support the growth of tier-2 esports teams. \u201cA portion of Riot\u2019s revenues earned from the sports betting program will be invested back into Tier 2,\u201d the press release said. The investment will increase prize pools in tournaments, develop additional integrity systems and expand training and education programs for partner tournament operators and aspiring pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also announced that it is putting sufficient guardrails in place to make sure that they safeguard the ecosystem it\u2019s built and \u201cposition it for long-term success.\u201d This includes vetting and approving esports betting companies before being able to pursue a partnership with the teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the move is controversial, with people in the replies of the X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/riotgames\/status\/1938282007148253261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">post<\/a> showing disapproval, Riot Games was prepared for this kind of reception. The company has also argued that esports betting has always existed in their game, and its decision to engage with it is much better than just leaving it unregulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Riot Games clarified that the main broadcast stream for both games will not be promoting betting sites. Esports jerseys will also be prohibited from having esports betting partner logos on them.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share\" data-testid=\"social-share\">\n\t<button class=\"spgn__social_share__toggle active spgn__social_share__link --open-button\" aria-label=\"Share Article\" data-testid=\"social-share-toggle\">\n\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share options<\/span>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share__overlay\" data-testid=\"social-share-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__social_share__icons\" data-testid=\"social-share-icons\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-06-27%2Friot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships%2F&#038;text=Riot+Games+Opens+Tier+1+League+of+Legends+and+Valorant+to+Esports+Betting+Sponsorships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on X<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-telegram\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/share\/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-06-27%2Friot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships%2F&#038;text=Riot+Games+Opens+Tier+1+League+of+Legends+and+Valorant+to+Esports+Betting+Sponsorships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Telegram<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-reddit\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-06-27%2Friot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships%2F&#038;title=Riot+Games+Opens+Tier+1+League+of+Legends+and+Valorant+to+Esports+Betting+Sponsorships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Reddit<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-whatsapp\" href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Riot+Games+Opens+Tier+1+League+of+Legends+and+Valorant+to+Esports+Betting+Sponsorships%20https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-06-27%2Friot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on WhatsApp<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social_share__link\" data-testid=\"social-share-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgaming.news%2Fnews%2F2025-06-27%2Friot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share on Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<button class=\"spgn__social_share__link --copy js-copy-link\" data-testid=\"social-share-copy\" data-url=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-spgn-article-content-sidebar-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta\">\n\t\t<a class=\"spgn__article__meta__block spgn__article__author\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/cedric-pabriga\/\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt='Cedric Pabriga' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18da2be6f67987c3bb23b7f5b05cc9a5bc71f9cf08608fc0bdbe47e2a7da5acb?s=68&#038;d=retro&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-68 photo spgn__article__author__avatar__image' height='68' width='68' \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__name\">\n                \t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"author\" itemScope itemType=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemProp=\"name\" title=\"Display name in user profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCedric Pabriga\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__position\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Contributing editor\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__author__intro\">\n\t\t\t<p>Loves fighting games, RPGs, and a lot more that wouldn&#8217;t be able to fit in this small box.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__meta__block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__title\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-title\">More content<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__social__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on YouTube<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cJYbGCNs\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Discord<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on X<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gn_gamingnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on Instagram<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"spgn__social-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gamingdotnews\" data-testid=\"sidebar-social-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaming.News on TikTok<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":10458,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"time_to_read":"3","thumbnail_color":"","pinnedToFront":"-1","pinnedToFrontHero":"-1","footnotes":""},"games":[],"hardware":[],"esports":[64,102],"mobile-games":[],"related-games":[1218,1225],"class_list":["post-17235","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","esports-league-of-legends","esports-valorant"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships - Gaming News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While the move is controversial with people showing their disapproval, Riot Games was prepared for this kind of reception.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While the move is controversial with people showing their disapproval, Riot Games was prepared for this kind of reception.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gaming News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-27T11:13:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cedric Pabriga\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8f73a0d2710180e9fe0d7a9d32b7aa7\"},\"headline\":\"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-27T04:11:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-27T11:13:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/\",\"name\":\"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships - Gaming News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-27T04:11:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-27T11:13:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"While the move is controversial with people showing their disapproval, Riot Games was prepared for this kind of reception.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":854,\"caption\":\"Source: Riot Games\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\",\"name\":\"Gaming News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Gaming.News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Gaming News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg\",\"width\":238,\"height\":24,\"caption\":\"Gaming News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8f73a0d2710180e9fe0d7a9d32b7aa7\",\"name\":\"Cedric Pabriga\",\"description\":\"Cedric Pabriga is a games journalist whose favorite areas of coverage include role-playing games and fighting games. He spends a lot of time online, but if he isn\u2019t, he's usually lost at a random place or listening to music.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/cedric-pabriga\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships - Gaming News","description":"While the move is controversial with people showing their disapproval, Riot Games was prepared for this kind of reception.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships","og_description":"While the move is controversial with people showing their disapproval, Riot Games was prepared for this kind of reception.","og_url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/","og_site_name":"Gaming News","article_modified_time":"2025-06-27T11:13:25+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png","width":1280,"height":854,"type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/"},"author":{"name":"Cedric Pabriga","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8f73a0d2710180e9fe0d7a9d32b7aa7"},"headline":"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships","datePublished":"2025-06-27T04:11:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-27T11:13:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/"},"wordCount":255,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/","name":"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships - Gaming News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png","datePublished":"2025-06-27T04:11:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-27T11:13:25+00:00","description":"While the move is controversial with people showing their disapproval, Riot Games was prepared for this kind of reception.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riot-games-new-president.png","width":1280,"height":854,"caption":"Source: Riot Games"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-27\/riot-games-opens-tier-1-league-of-legends-and-valorant-to-esports-betting-sponsorships\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Riot Games Opens Tier 1 League of Legends and Valorant to Esports Betting Sponsorships"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/","name":"Gaming News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Gaming.News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#organization","name":"Gaming News","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gaming-news-logo.svg","width":238,"height":24,"caption":"Gaming News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8f73a0d2710180e9fe0d7a9d32b7aa7","name":"Cedric Pabriga","description":"Cedric Pabriga is a games journalist whose favorite areas of coverage include role-playing games and fighting games. He spends a lot of time online, but if he isn\u2019t, he's usually lost at a random place or listening to music.","url":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/authors\/cedric-pabriga\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17275,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17235\/revisions\/17275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/games?post=17235"},{"taxonomy":"hardware","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hardware?post=17235"},{"taxonomy":"esports","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/esports?post=17235"},{"taxonomy":"mobile-games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mobile-games?post=17235"},{"taxonomy":"related-games","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-games?post=17235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}