Licensed sportsbooks will have the opportunity to offer wagers on the ESL One Rio Major, per an approval notice issued by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
With this exemption, Nevada licensees are permitted to post and accept bets on the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event in three different wager types: head to head, match winner, and overall winner.
The approval is the latest in a long thread of esports betting exemptions issued by the Nevada regulators throughout the last several weeks; this includes League of Legends, Dota 2, iRacing, Overwatch, and other Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitions such as the ESL Pro League and ESL Meisterschaft.