The term ‘e-sports’ stands for electronic sports. It is a term that was introduced fairly recently as an advancement to professional video gaming. ‘E-sports’ as a coinage gained prominence in the years after 2000. This happened as video gaming competitions expended and became more organized. At the same time, technology became more advanced especially with the Internet’s popularity. E-sports feature a variety of games in an equally diverse number of categories. Such categories include First Person Shooter (FPS), Fighting, Real-Time Strategy (RTS) and Multi-player Online Battle Arena (MOBA). Specific games played in e-sports include Dota, Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO), Mortal Combat, Call of Duty etc. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves with excitement though. The purpose of this article is to take you through a step-by-step guide to help you understand e-sports betting. We start from the very basics.