Call Fortnite this generation’s “Moneymaker effect”.
Chris Moneymaker, the amateur poker player who won the World Series of Poker in 2003, ignited the popularity of Poker – a parallel Goldman Sachs analyst Christopher D. Merwin sees now with Fortnite and eSports. As eSports migrate to a full-fledged professional occupation from the “wild west” of sports, they are on track to reach the same number of viewers in 2022 that the NFL has today, Goldman said.
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