How esports betting runs at Megapari
Esports is the section this site is built around. CS2, Dota 2, League of Legends, Valorant and Rainbow Six Siege take about 95% of the handle, and CS2 alone takes more than the other four combined once a Major starts.
Pre-match opens 24 to 48 hours before a series: match winner, map handicap (-1.5 / +1.5 in BO3, -2.5 / +2.5 in BO5), correct map score, total maps, total rounds, first map winner. The handicap is the market worth learning. A 1.85 price on -1.5 maps against a side that has lost Mirage four times running is a different bet than the same price against a team with no map pool weakness, and the line rarely separates the two.
CS2 in-play refreshes every round. Pistol rounds are the most-played live market on the book and the most misread: teams convert the opening pistol at wildly different rates depending on side, and the 3rd and 4th rounds after a lost pistol are where the economy actually decides the half.
Dota 2 and LoL price the draft. First blood, first tower and first Roshan open once heroes lock in, which gives you a short window between the draft ending and the horn where the line is stale. Roshan timing markets on TI are the deepest we run.
