Gamers compete at Playboy Mansion

As the draft is about to begin, general managers of the New York, Chicago and Carolina teams wait for their chances to make their first picks.

Championship Gaming Series commissioner Andrew Reif calls the league's inaugural draft to order as two Playboy bunnies look on.

The video game league's investors include DirecTV, and the competitions will be broadcast to some extent on television.

Lending the draft event some production value was a table of announcers reminiscent of big sporting events organized through professional leagues.

The inaugural draft of the Championship Gaming Series took place Tuesday at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Here is a sign alongside the long driveway leading up to the Playboy Mansion.

A Hollywood-style star for Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is on the grounds of the mansion.

The Playboy Mansion has three giant satellite dishes.

Reif stands with the league's first-ever draft pick, Vanessa Arteaga.

The San Francisco OPTX pose for a team picture at the end of the Championship Gaming Series' first-ever draft.