Pokémon Go: Catching a Legendary Pokémon could earn you $5,000 USD

19 Jul 2016

Steve Wright

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not is offering up to $5,000 USD to the Pokémon Go player who first catches the rarest Pokémon.

Called Ripley’s Go, the contest is open to those in the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia — and there are conditions.

First, the grand prize will be awarded to the player who catches the first Legendary — or, failing that, the rarest Pokémon — at a Ripley’s Pokéstop. Players will also need to take an AR-enabled screenshot of the catch and post it to Twitter or Instagram.

Australia’s only Ripley’s Believe It Or Not is located on the Gold Coast.

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Steve Wright

Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.