{"id":2709,"date":"2020-04-07T10:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2024-05-30T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:41:23","slug":"what-are-virtual-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/sports\/other-sports\/what-are-virtual-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Virtual Sports?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This weekend saw the running of the <strong>Virtual Grand National<\/strong>, in what was one of the biggest Virtual Sports events so far. <strong>5 million people tuned in to ITV<\/strong> and watched live as 18\/1 shot, Potters Corner, was victorious after a dramatic race that saw 66\/1 outsider, Aso, fall at the penultimate fence whilst in a surprise lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legendary Red Rum had won the preceding \u2018Race of Champions\u2019. 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