Other PC games that earn and give out millions of money to eSports athletes are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which has awarded $54 million, and League of Legends, which has allocated $53 million to prize money since 2010. All in all, Dota 2 creator Valve has given out more than $140 million in 930 tournaments since 2011. The pool was crowdfunded from the 25% of the sales of in-game merchandise in Dota 2, meaning the game made more than $70million in revenues in just three months. This eSports market is driven by the rise of massively multiplayer online role-playing PC games like the uprising eSport PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Dota 2, which set the largest prize pool for a single eSport event with its $24.8million prize pool for The International 2017. Did you know that eSports, which many consider as a hobby for children and pre-teens, is a multi-million dollar business? According to a study by Statista, eSports market revenue reached $655 million in 2017 and is set to go over $900 million in 2018.
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