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The TI7 of Dota 2  has concluded only 6 weeks ago and it’s already time for the next eSports highlight in 2017: The League of Legends World Championship, also known as LoL Worlds. While League of Legend’s publisher Riot Games will most likely not be able to compete with the more than 20 million dollar prize pool of the TI7, they should be able to beat their main competitor in the MOBA business once again when it comes to viewer numbers. The finals of last year’s World Championship were watched by 43 million people peaking at 14.7 million concurrent viewers. That’s even more viewership than the finals of the NBA had that same year. And keep in mind that that’s only the finals – in total, LoL fans from all over the globe watched over 370 million hours of eSports footage over the course of the event. So let’s take a closer look at what’s about to happen at this year’s LoL Worlds, before we dive into the different betting markets for the competition. If you are not familiar with eSports and League of Legends at all, you can take a look at the highlight video of last year’s Worlds below to get a feel of what is going on here.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyDZYLYWcNg]

The new format of LoL Worlds Season 7