Video games have truly become a pillar of modern entertainment, with the most successful titles enduring for well over a decade.

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Esports games take thing a step further, taking the simple activity and tuurning it into a highly competitive affair.

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The most popular esports of all have given out hundreds of millions in combined prize money with viewership number in the millions,

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When it comes to popularity, few games come even close to the big esport titles.

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Gaming has become a sport all over the world, and there are investments in teams like never before.

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This also influenced casinos to add them to their sportsbooks. You maynot do point spread betting on traditional sports,

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but you can certainly bet on your favorite esports team to win in the most popular games.

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It can be difficul judge the exact popularity of a video games since an estimate must factor in viewership,

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player counts, and the pro scene. But by all metrics, League of Legends has managed to

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keep a massive amount of players active more than a decade since launch.

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