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MrBeast plans exciting giveaway to break cash prize record in gaming history, fans say 'you obviously have too much money'

MrBeast recently announced his plan to give away the world's greatest prize money won in gaming show history

GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA: Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast recently revealed his desire to set yet another massive cash prize giveaway that may break his previous records.

MrBeast became a prominent character on the platform for sponsoring big-scale challenges and exotic giveaways. MrBeast, who began his YouTube career at the age of 13, rose to prominence with his 'Worst Intros on YouTube' series. He is the second most-subscribed content creator on YouTube with a whopping 162 million subscribers. 

'Largest prize in game show history'

MrBeast took to Twitter to announce his aims. He wrote, "I want to test what I do on YouTube on a streaming service for fun to see how it performs Imagine a 10 episode series with 10,000 people competing for the largest prize in game show history."

MrBeast is no stranger to hosting game shows or awarding large sums of money. His most popular video, which has received 445 million views, is a recreation of the South Korean survival drama 'Squid Game'. The winner of MrBeast's version received $456,000 in prize money.

The current record for the largest prize money won on a TV game show is ƒ10,000,000 in Dutch guilders, which was the Dutch currency from the 15th century until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro. When the prize was won in 2001, it was comparable to around $49,62,084.30. Therefore, to break the world record, MrBeast would require to give away more than $49,62,084.

'You obviously have too much money'

After hearing the new giveaway aim of the popular YouTuber, a fan wrote sharing a meme, "You obviously have too much money and are not sure what to do with it. Luckily, I'm here for you. You can send some to me - no strings attached I'll use it to continue making memes like this one." Another user added suggesting an idea to build an arena for the homeless and needy. The user wrote, "I got an idea. Get 10,000 homeless people. Build a huge arena. Have them all duke it out, each episode is 1,000 people in an arena free for all, with the 11th episode being the finale. Winner gets a Mr. Beast style Lamborghini with a lifetime supply of Feastables."