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Olympic gymnast racks up nearly $5k mobile bill while playing Pokemon GO in Rio

by rawmeatcowboy
03 August 2016
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As you may know, Pokémon GO isn't officially available in Rio just yet, but that didn't stop Olympic gymnast Kohei Uchimura from bringing the game with him. He's been playing the game while in Rio, and just now realized that the title incurs some roaming charges while Pokémon hunting. This lead to a mobile bill of nearly $5k, but thankfully the mobile company decided to let Uchimura pay a daily flat rate. Now he will be charged 3000 yen per day for mobile use.

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