I, too, played Valorant and compared with CSGO, well the graphics and skills are to be compared, what I really can think of its highly competitive is APEX LEGENDS.but the thing is Valorant is way more addictive than APEX and so many wants to play and so does with bets.
So it really goes off the line when it comes to gameplays and other as such.
I hate Valorant for being too cartoonish and it seems that developers have done it just for money. And yeah, it's not so popular as CSGO and Fortnite, so betting will be a little harder (less choices for that) and of course less available (less books have Valorant at their services).
The gameplay is a matter of preference but the cartoonish design was intended to avoid being too realistic compared to CSGO's play style. Though most of the movements and skills are the same in CSGO, there is still a learning curve that you need to master in terms of the agents respective abilities.
Betting in valorant is growing and more players from CSGO are shifting towards this new game. As someone who played CSGO for more than 5 years, the fresh game style that Valorant offered definitely tickled my interest.
But just why APEX didn't have this kind of exposure on Gambling? I mean, you know it has almost the same Gameplay and almost the same tasks in game... Or is it just Valorant is eco and user friendly? Easy to play and understand?