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37 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 513 (2019)
A Comparative Overview of Esports against Traditional Sports Focused in the Legal Realm of Monetary Exploitation, Cheating, and Gambling

handle is hein.journals/caelj37 and id is 533 raw text is: A COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF ESPORTS AGAINST TRADITIONAL SPORTS FOCUSED IN THE LEGAL REALM OF MONETARY EXPLOITATION, CHEATING, AND GAMBLING* INTRODUCTIO N ................................................................................................... 5 1 3 I. BACKGROUND AND THE RESISTANCE TO ESPORTS ...................................... 516 II. TYPES OF ESPORTS ........................................................................................ 5 20 III. MONETARY EXPLOITATION, CHEATING, AND GAMBLING ........................ 524 A. Monetary Exploitation in eSports ....................................... 525 B. Cheating in eSports Competitions ....................................... 528 C. Gam bling in eSports ................................................................ 534 D. Loot Boxes in the World of eSports .................................... 538 IV. THE CULTURAL PHENOMENON AND THE FUTURE OF ESPORTS .............. 542 V. PROPOSAL: LOOKING TO FOREIGN LAWS AS A MODEL ............................. 546 C O N CLUSIO N ....................................................................................................... 5 5 0 INTRODUCTION In the modern age of technology, there is a type of sport that has rapidly risen to the forefront of both the entertainment and legal worlds: eSports.i Until recently, the eSports market has been minor and insignificant.2 A variety of factors have contributed to the rapid rise of the eSports market, including the continued enthusiasm of the millennial generation for electronic entertainment systems.3 Today, the eSports market has become a multi-million dollar industry, as more governments and corporate + Permission is hereby granted for noncommercial reproduction of this Note in whole or in part for education or research purposes, including the making of multiple copies for classroom use, subject only to the condition that the name of the author, a complete citation, and this copyright notice and grant of permission be included in all copies. 1 Henry Young, Seven-Figure Salaries, Sold-Out Stadiums: Is Pro Video Gaming a Sport?, CNN (May 31, 2016, 8:00 AM), https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/31/sport/esports-is- professional-gaming-a-sport/index.html. 2 Taylor Stanton Hardenstein, Skins in the Game: Counter-Strike, eSports, and the Shady World of Online Gambling, 7 UNLV GAMING L.J. 117, 119 (2017); see also Leah Jackson, The Rise of eSports in America, IGN (July 25, 2013, 4:47 PM), http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/25/the-rise-of-esports-in-america. 3 Gautam Ramdurai, Think Gaming Content Is Niche? Think Again, THINK WITH GOOGLE (Dec. 2014), https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/consumer-insights/think-gaming-content-is- niche-think-again/. 513