An Arsenal youngster made some serious cash on a popular video game during COVID-19 lockdown in the UK as a teenager.
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In a recent interview, Arsenal Under-21s defender Reuell Walters was raking in some proper cash playing Fortnite at just 16 years-old during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown.
The young baller found a way to help his friends navigate the game better while he was earning thousands of pounds per day for his efforts!
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Reuell Walters' Fortnite success
One of Arsenal's brightest Academy talents, Reuell Walters has the brains on and off the pitch after making a small fortune on Fortnite during the COVID-19 lockdown as a 16-year-old.
Speaking in an interview with UA Next London, a programme from his boot sponsor Under Armour, it was revealed that Walters made around £10 000 (Over R214 000) a night from Fortnite.
Walters designed a map for his friends to use on the popular video game and its estimated that his map was used 250 million times in one week.
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The Sun in the UK mentioned that Walters earned a royalty fee every time his map was played, meaning his daily earnings peaked at £8 000 to £12 000 (R 193 263 to approx. R290 000).
"I think as a teenage boy I was playing Fortnite with my friends and they were talking to me about how they just wanted to play this game mode and how it hadn't been made before.
"So I just decided, you know, I'll make something for them to play. It was probably one of the first things that was made in lockdown," said the Arsenal youth prospect.
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