{"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legendary Red Rum had won the preceding \u2018Race of Champions\u2019. It was a great 30 minutes of TV that raised over \u00a32 million for NHS charities, helping them continue the great work they\u2019re doing in this unprecedent time.<br><br>For many, this would\u2019ve been a first look into the world of Virtual Sports, so here\u2019s our handy introduction to get you started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>How Do Virtual Sports Work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Virtual Sports are computer generated games that simulate real sport<\/strong>. They look as good as any leading computer game, run 24\/7 and, unlike real sports, they won\u2019t be affected by adverse weather conditions or any global pandemics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a whole range of virtual sports available to place a bet on, from the classics such as horse racing, tennis and greyhounds, to other sports like speedway, trotting and velodrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Can I Bet on Virtual Sports (and are they fair)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can bet on Virtual Sports much like any other game. Options include first to score, winner, each-way, and more. It depends on the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But are virtual sports rigged? It\u2019s a question we get asked a lot, and we\u2019re happy to say that it\u2019s a definite \u2018NO\u2019 from us. The result of each Virtual Sport is determined in the same way as every online slot; it\u2019s a random number generator that will dictate the outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend saw the running of the Virtual Grand National, in what was one of the biggest Virtual Sports events so far. 5 million people tuned in to ITV 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":39465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2709"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39483,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions\/39483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}