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12 articles, each with its publication date.

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Guide · LoL17 Oct League of Legends Champion Classes: Every Class and Subclass Explained Seven classes, twelve subclasses and one basic champion to understand each of them. Learn these and every pro draft becomes readable.

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Guide · LoL17 Oct What Is League of Legends? A Beginner's Guide for Bettors You already know how betting works but not how LoL works? Ten minutes with this guide and the odds board will make sense.

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Guide · CS210 Oct The CS2 Map Pool and Veto: What Bettors Need to Know In Counter-Strike, matches are often won in the veto before a single bullet is fired.

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Guide · Dota 210 Oct Dota 2 Objective Markets: Roshan, Towers and First Blood Dota 2 has some of the richest in-game markets in esports. Here's what each one depends on.

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Guide · CS210 Oct Esports Betting for Beginners: A Complete Guide From CS2 maps to LoL drafts: everything you need to place your first esports bet sensibly.

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Guide · CS210 Oct Is Esports Betting Legal? US States and Worldwide Legal in some places, banned in others, and a grey zone when skins or offshore licences are involved. Here's the map, region by region.

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Guide · CS210 Oct Live Esports Betting and Stream Delay What you see on Twitch may be minutes behind reality. Here's what that means for in-play esports bets.

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Guide · LoL10 Oct LoL Drafts and Patches: Why the Meta Moves the Odds A balance patch can turn a dominant team ordinary overnight. Here's how the LoL meta shapes betting.

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Guide · CS210 Oct Map Handicaps and Series Betting: Bo1, Bo3 and Bo5 Explained −1.5 maps sounds scary. It simply means 'win 2–0'. Here's the maths behind series betting.

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Guide · LoL10 Oct Reading Esports Stats: HLTV, Liquipedia, Oracle's Elixir and More The data is free and enormous. The trick is knowing which numbers actually matter.

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Guide · CS210 Oct Skin Betting: What It Is and Why to Avoid It Virtual knives and gloves worth real money — and an industry that grew up with almost no rules.

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Guide · Valorant10 Oct Valorant Pistol Rounds and Round Totals Explained Two pistol rounds per map can swing the next three rounds. Here's how to bet Valorant's round markets.