Odin.gg Co-founder and Managing Director Marek Suchar cautions that treating esports betting like traditional sports is “a path towards failure,” stressing that it is far more complex.
“Esports is not football or tennis. It’s a set of constantly evolving digital worlds, each requiring unique expertise, infrastructure, and risk controls,” he said in an interview with SBC News.
Unlike traditional sports where rules remain largely stable, esports evolves rapidly. Game updates can shift the balance in an instant, forcing betting operators to adapt models and strategies in real time.
Odin.gg’s Suchar emphasizes the need for live risk management
Suchar argues that many providers fall short by only delivering odds feeds. While these feeds calculate probabilities and distribute them to bookmakers, they lack feedback on bettor behaviour.
“An odds feed is essentially one-way traffic,” he explained. “If a patch or gameplay change throws models off, the provider might not notice until weeks later… By that time, the damage is already done.”
To counter this, Oddin.gg integrates real-time risk management, creating what Suchar calls a “two-way feedback loop.” Every bet slip is analyzed instantly, enabling immediate model adjustments. “Nearly 80 percent of our total betting volume comes from clients who use our risk management,” he noted.
Suchar states that Oddin.gg’s advantage comes from combining technology with human expertise. Its trading team of over 100 specialists ensures that subtle gameplay shifts, such as a minor gameplay tweak in Dota 2 or a map change in CS2, are interpreted and factored into live betting models.
“An odds feed without risk management leaves the provider blind, while risk management without expert interpretation risks missing context. Oddin.gg combines both,” he said.
Building a sustainable esports betting ecosystem
Suchar emphasized that esports betting’s volatility makes it one of the toughest markets to profit from. Extracting game data and generating accurate odds for late stages in titles such as Dota 2 or League of Legends is already a challenging task.
He added that maintaining profitability becomes even harder in an ecosystem where rules and dynamics can shift overnight. Every patch, match, and tournament brings variables that expose the weaknesses of static models. Without robust risk management, providers and operators are often left in the dark, unsure of where or why their losses are occurring.
Suchar stressed that Oddin.gg has built what he describes as “the only true end-to-end solution on the market” to solve these issues, covering data processing, proprietary models, in-house trading, and adaptive risk management.
“In a sector often driven by hype, we focus on stability and long-term profitability. That’s what operators need more—and that’s what makes esports betting work.”
