Man spends $1m playing Game of War on mobile

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A million-dollar game

A man in California has admitted to spending $1m (£790,000) playing Game of War on his mobile phone. Kevin Lee Co pleaded guilty to embezzling $4.8m (£3.77m) from his employer between 2008 and 2015, using some money for the game and the rest on plastic surgery, luxury cars and season tickets to the San Francisco 49ers and the Sacramento Kings. He will be sentenced in May and faces a maximum term of 20 years.

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