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About Overwatch
Overwatch is a team-based multi-player first-person shooter video game from Blizzard
Entertainment. Overwatch assigns players into two teams of six, with each player
selecting from a roster of almost 30 characters, known as "heroes". Each hero has
a unique style of play. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control
points on a map or escort a payload across the map in a limited amount of time. Players
gain superficial rewards that do not affect gameplay, such as character skins and
victory poses.
Overwatch League
The Overwatch League (abbreviated as OWL) is a professional esports league for the
video game Overwatch. It was developed and is fully controlled by Blizzard Entertainment,
the game's developer and publisher. The Overwatch League aims to follow the model
of traditional North American professional sports, using a set of permanent, city-based
teams and regular season play, rather than the use of promotion and relegation used
commonly in other esports leagues. Each team franchise is backed by an owner and
tied to a major city, and players that are signed onto the team are assured a minimum
annual salary, benefits, and a portion of winnings and revenue-sharing based on how
that team performs in the season.
The League was announced in November 2016. The first twelve teams were established
within the next year. The first season saw regular play from January to June 2018,
and playoffs held that July, and an All-Star weekend that occurred in August 2018.
A total prize pool of US$3.5 million was available to teams within the first season.
Overwatch Betting Markets
Overwatch betting exists both on the Blizzard Entertainment-controlled Overwatch
League and on other non–OWL, formally organised Overwatch esports competitions around
the world. For OWL events, as offered by the betting sites that try to offer a wide
breadth of markets, you can often find a number of several markets beyond simple
match winner betting. You can find a wide array of Handicaps, Totals and Map-specific
based betting markets, in addition to outright winner bets for a wager on the eventual
title winner. Sites that prefer to offer simple match winner betting markets for
Overwatch events include Betway and Unibet.
When it comes to the non-OWL events, for the most part, betting markets will be limited
to the match winner betting market from most if not all esports betting providers.
