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The billion-dollar sports industry that can't keep up with the cheats

The billion-dollar sports industry that can't keep up with the cheats

It's got audiences bigger than the Superbowl. Its star players earn more for a single tournament than the winner of the Australian Open. Mario Christodoulou investigates how esports became such a success with the match-fixers too.

Background Briefing · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

November 28, 202035m 27s

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Show Notes

It's got audiences bigger than the Superbowl.

Its star players earn more for a single tournament than the winner of the Australian Open.

Mario Christodoulou investigates how esports became such a success with the match-fixers too.

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