CNBC Article “How to Make Money Playing Videogames”
This article is geared towards two new sites where gamers can match up with friends or find a competitor and put a wager on it! A way to try and make money while playing games from home….
“Videogame tournaments, with substantial cash prizes, have been around for years, but tend to be dominated by the best of the best — people who train for hours each day, along the same lines as a professional athlete. Players like Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel can make six figures per year playing games. Normal folks, though, have been left off of the gravy train.”…..
“Players can bet money on one-on-one matches or multiplayer tournaments for amounts ranging from $1 to thousands of dollars. It’s legal, say the operators, and it’s growing. At both WorldGaming.com and BringIt.com, two of the larger challenge sites, the average bet hovers in the $10 range. Players — sometimes friends and sometimes strangers, put together via the site’s matching service — register for free, then head to a lobby to find an opponent, agree on the wager amount (technically called an “entry fee” by both sites) and the game. Then, both fire up their consoles to play.”
