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The typical fund carries 16% of its weight in S&P 500 stocks, the 42nd most of the 53 themes with holdings on file.\n 8 US listed gaming and esports ETFs \n $254m The largest, ESPO \n 0.35% The cheapest, ODDZ \n \u22122.7% Best one year, GGME \n\n The short answers\n Least like the S&P 500 BETZ , Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF, 0.0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies. Closest pair ESPO and HERO , 69% of their weight in the same companies. What these funds actually own\n Between them the 8 funds' ten largest holdings name 68 companies, of which 12 appear in more than one. Advanced Micro Devices Inc is among the ten largest of 2 of them, at an average of 9.4% of the fund.\n Gaming, esports and betting ETFs, the companies their ten largest holdings name. Source: each fund's latest SEC filing or its issuer\u2019s own daily holdings file, read by ETFIQ. Company Among the ten largest of Average weight where it is Largest, and in which fund \n Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD 2 of 8 9.4% 10.5% in GAMR \n NVIDIA Corp NVDA 2 of 8 8.9% 9.8% in GAMR \n Meta Platforms Inc META 2 of 8 8.8% 9.7% in GAMR \n NETEASE INC NTES 2 of 8 8.1% 11.1% in NERD \n Flutter Entertainment PLC FLUT 2 of 8 8.0% 8.5% in ODDZ \n Nintendo Co Ltd 7974 JT 2 of 8 7.8% 10.4% in NERD \n ROBLOX Corp RBLX 2 of 8 6.8% 8.3% in NERD \n DraftKings Inc DKNG 2 of 8 6.0% 6.6% in BETZ \n Take-Two Interactive Software Inc TTWO 2 of 8 5.8% 7.3% in NERD \n Nintendo Co Ltd 2 of 8 5.1% 6.4% in ESPO \n Sportradar Group AG SRAD 2 of 8 4.9% 5.0% in BETZ \n Spotify Technology SA SPOT 2 of 8 4.8% 4.9% in GGME \n Microsoft Corp MSFT 1 of 8 10.8% 10.8% in GAMR \n Tencent Holdings Ltd 700 HK 1 of 8 9.1% 9.1% in GAMR \n Las Vegas Sands Corp LVS 1 of 8 8.6% 8.6% in ODDZ \n \n The 15 most widely held of 68. Each row counts the ten largest holdings of each fund, so a fund missing from a row may still hold that company lower down. Weights are of the funds that name it, not of the theme.\n The 8 largest gaming and esports ETFs\n ETFIQ covers 8 gaming and esports ETFs. The largest are ESPO ( $254m ), HERO ( $62m ) and GGME ( $44m ); fees run 0.35% to 0.75% , as of Oct 12 to 26, 2026 .\n ESPO VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF $254m 0.55% \n HERO Global X Video Games & Esports ETF $62m 0.50% \n GGME Invesco Next Gen Media and Gaming ETF $44m 0.63% \n BETZ Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF $41m 0.75% \n GAMR Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF $39m 0.59% \n NERD Roundhill Video Games ETF $14m 0.50% \n BNGE First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF $4.8m 0.70% \n ODDZ Corgi Sports Betting & Gambling ETF $719,901 0.35% \n \n Gaming and esports ETFs: what each one holds, as of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Ticker Fund Issuer Net assets In the S&P 500 Active share Total return 1Y vs its benchmark 1Y Fee \n ESPO VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF VanEck $254m 13.3% 99.9% \u221214.1% not measured 0.55% \n HERO Global X Video Games & Esports ETF Global X $62m 14.0% 99.9% \u221215.4% not measured 0.50% \n GGME Invesco Next Gen Media and Gaming ETF Invesco $44m 54.1% 81.5% \u22122.7% not measured 0.63% \n BETZ Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF Roundhill $41m 0.0% 100.0% \u221222.9% not measured 0.75% \n GAMR Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF Amplify $39m 47.3% 84.5% \u22124.8% not measured 0.59% \n NERD Roundhill Video Games ETF Roundhill $14m 17.1% 99.9% \u221215.9% not measured 0.50% \n BNGE First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF First Trust $4.8m 14.4% 99.2% \u221220.8% \u221233.9 pts vs ACWI 0.70% \n ODDZ Corgi Sports Betting & Gambling ETF Corgi $719,901 17.2% 100.0% first traded 174 days ago \u00b7 0.35% \n \n How much of each pair is the same fund\n The closest pair is ESPO and HERO , which hold 69% of their weight in the same companies. The furthest apart is NERD and ODDZ at 0%. The middle pair of the 28 is 16%.\n Gaming and esports ETFs, the share of each pair\u2019s weight held in the same companies. Read across or down; the number is the same either way. Cells are shaded against the closest pair here, 69%. Source: each fund\u2019s own filed or daily holdings, read by ETFIQ. ESPO HERO GGME BETZ GAMR NERD BNGE ODDZ \n ESPO \u00b7 69% 16% 0% 41% 64% 47% 0% \n HERO 69% \u00b7 15% 0% 28% 66% 35% 0% \n GGME 16% 15% \u00b7 1% 39% 15% 28% 1% \n BETZ 0% 0% 1% \u00b7 0% 0% 16% 35% \n GAMR 41% 28% 39% 0% \u00b7 31% 31% 0% \n NERD 64% 66% 15% 0% 31% \u00b7 36% 0% \n BNGE 47% 35% 28% 16% 31% 36% \u00b7 10% \n ODDZ 0% 0% 1% 35% 0% 0% 10% \u00b7 \n \n Weight overlap adds the smaller of the two weights for every company both funds hold. Funds with a cut-short book are left out, not compared short.\n What each fund holds alone\n Gaming and esports ETFs, the largest holding no other fund in the grid holds. Source: ETFIQ. Fund Largest holding it alone has Weight All of its own names \n ESPO Micro-Star International Co Ltd 3.6% 3.6% \n HERO BILIBILI INC. 2.9% 5.4% \n GGME Apple Inc AAPL 8.4% 44.2% \n BETZ Light & Wonder Inc LNW 4.7% 24.8% \n GAMR Microsoft Corp MSFT 10.8% 26.2% \n NERD SHIFT UP Corp 462870 KS 1.0% 4.9% \n BNGE Sony Group Corp. 6758.JP 4.9% 16.7% \n ODDZ Las Vegas Sands Corp LVS 8.6% 53.7% \n \n Questions people ask\n How many gaming and esports ETFs are there? ETFIQ covers 8 US listed gaming and esports ETFs as of Oct 27, 2026. That is every one it can measure from the fund\u2019s own published holdings. What is the largest gaming and esports ETF? ESPO , VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF, at $254m in net assets as of Oct 23, 2026, the largest of the 8 gaming and esports ETFs with a published size. What is the cheapest gaming and esports ETF? ODDZ , Corgi Sports Betting & Gambling ETF, at 0.35% a year by its prospectus filed May 14, 2026, the lowest fee of the 8 gaming and esports ETFs that publish one. Which gaming and esports ETF has performed best over the past year? GGME , Invesco Next Gen Media and Gaming ETF, at \u22122.7% total return over the year to Oct 27, 2026, the highest of the 7 gaming and esports ETFs with a full year of trading behind them. Past returns do not predict future ones. What do gaming and esports ETFs hold? Funds that hold video game publishers, esports businesses, casinos and sports betting operators. Between them the 8 gaming and esports ETFs ETFIQ can read name 68 companies in their ten largest holdings, by holdings dated May 31, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, most widely Advanced Micro Devices Inc, which is among the ten largest of 2 of them. Do gaming and esports ETFs hold the same companies? It depends which two. Across the 28 pairs of the 8 gaming and esports ETFs with a full published book, by holdings dated May 31, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, ESPO and HERO hold 69% of their weight in the same companies, NERD and ODDZ hold 0%, and the middle pair holds 16%. Two funds sold on one theme are not the same fund. What the issuers say about this theme\n The issuers behind these gaming and esports funds publish their own work on this theme. These are their pages and words, not ETFIQ\u2019s. A fund company writing about a theme it sells is making a case.\n Issuer material on this theme. Links leave ETFIQ. Source: each issuer\u2019s own site. Issuer What they publish Kind \n VanEck VanEck Insights Their research index \n Global X Global X Insights, including The Next Big Theme Their research index \n Invesco Invesco insights Their research index \n Roundhill Roundhill research blog Their research index \n Amplify Amplify Insights Their research index \n First Trust First Trust Investment Insights Their research index \n \n Where to next\n The largest gaming and esports ETFs The cheapest gaming and esports ETFs The gaming and esports ETFs least like the S&P 500 The gaming and esports ETFs that returned most The most concentrated gaming and esports ETFs Every thematic ETF Compare two funds The vocabulary Sources\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers\u2019 own daily files SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say Links are sources, not endorsements.\n ETFIQ is an independent publisher and makes no recommendations. 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