Virtual Sports are electronic games that generate visual feedback on a display device. Inspired by real sports these games originated from fantasy sports that were drawn using paper and pencil. The use of computers has transformed these fantasy sports to potentially being anonymously played from around the world.

The term "virtual sports" is often used to describe software simulations of sports used for betting purposes. This complementary product is growing at the same time as the gambling industry. More and more online casino webpages use this kind of software because clients use to bet more than with normal sports.