Esports shocker! Riot to open 'gambling sponsorship' in January 2025, will League of Legends encryption betting and fan Token frenzy follow?

Former League of Legends LCK commentator MonteCristo broke the news today that the popular game League of Legends developer "Riot Games" (Riot Games) will allow League of Legends, special operations heroes' e-sports teams and gaming companies to sign sponsorship contracts next year, this news has not yet been officially confirmed, but if implemented, it will open up new possibilities for e-sports event operations and team revenue. (Synopsis: [Moving Block Gathering #特別場] League of Legends World Series 8 Viewing Party!! Why is lottery legal, but on-chain event prediction platform not? (Background added: Esports Team RNG is going bankrupt!) CEO gamble: issuance Non-fungible token to save the financial crisis) According to former League of Legends LCK commentary MonteCristo news, the popular game League of Legends developer "Riot Games" (Riot Games) will allow League of Legends, special combat heroes' e-sports teams and gaming companies to sign sponsorship contracts next year, and gambling companies interested in becoming sponsors must be approved by Riot Games and are not allowed to put the LOGO on the team's uniform. MonteCristo praised: "I think this is long overdue, it will help stabilize the team economy. I think this is long overdue and it will be good for stabilizing team economics. — MonteCristo (@MonteCristo) December 13, 2024 As soon as this news came out, it caused heated discussions among netizens, and they all said that "the Virtual Money platform has entered a large number of ways", "It should have been opened a long time ago, the game without gambling is like eating fried chicken without coke", "It's okay, baseball ads are cheerleaders jumping gambling entertainment ads", "foreign sports e-sports have long been a pile". At present, Riot Games has not officially confirmed this news, if this policy is implemented, it means that its openness to the e-sports business model is gradually increasing, and it also opens up new possibilities for e-sports event operations and team revenue, the game industry's interest in e-sports has long existed, if the policy changes, the discussion and landing of relevant cooperation will become the focus of the future. League of Legends esports teams were not previously open to gambling industry sponsorship, and the LCK Cup, which will debut in January next year, may become an important opportunity to observe the impact of the new policy, and as part of the esports fan participation economy, encryption gaming platforms such as Rollbit are also expected to seek esports game compliance under the new policy. Similar rumors were refuted last year However, it is worth noting that similar news came out last year, but it was later refuted, and in March last year, Turkish esports website Esporkolik reported that Riot Games will allow esports teams in its various ecosystems to sign sponsorship contracts with gambling companies: According to the news received by Esporkolik, Riot Games will allow teams to cooperate with gaming brands in the near future, especially special combat heroes. Esporkolik’e gelen bilgilere göre Riot Games yakın dönemde takımların VALORANT özelinde bahis markalarıyla işbirliği yapmasına izin verecek. pic.twitter.com/7klKusQwoO — Esporkolik (@esporkolik) March 15, 2023 At the time, Riot Games released an official statement refuting this rumor: Riot remains committed to investing in opportunities to ensure the integrity of all our esports, provide a great experience for fans, and unlock revenue streams for our team. While there are no changes to the current policy regarding the approval of team sponsor categories, we will continue to evaluate all opportunities to provide a safe, secure, and meaningful experience to best support the growth of our global esports ecosystem. Related reports Block Chain Game Research Report in November: GameFi Breaking the Road with the Blessing of Bull Market FIFA launches free football chain game "FIFA Rivals" launched in the summer of 2025, which is expected to attract 100 million players into the circle Non-fungible Token Battle Royale chain game "Off the Grid" adds the appearance of Trump and He Jinli, and the community praises genius marketing 〈E-sports shock bomb! Riot rumor opens "game sponsorship" in January 2025, League of Legends event encryption betting, fan token boom is coming? This article was first published in BlockTempo "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Block Chain News Media".