1,000,000 Maple Points

What I'm wondering is, how much would it cost for them to produce a typical commercial anyway?

Seems like they're being

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es by creating their own money and paying contest winners with it instead of spending real money to make one themselves.

That's exactly the thought I had when I first heard of the Maplemob commercial event. They give a prize to someone who makes a commercial for them instead of making one themselves. I suppose it would keep both parties happy, though...