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Five professional gamers are about to become the richest players in electronic sports history after earning a large chunk of tournament prize pool that's more than $10.5 million.


While making a living off playing video games isn't unheard of, becoming a millionaire in the span of one video game tournament is certainly rare for the growing gaming and eSports industries.



You might expect that some of the money fueling the growth of these two industries in recent years comes from corporate sponsors and organizations funding eSports ventures. But for the popular PC video game Dota 2 's fourth annual international tournament, the $10.5 million prize pool was almost entirely raised by the community of fiercely dedicated fans who play the video game created by Valve. Read more...


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