Games + Greece = Jail

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Officially making it the worst place in the world to be a gamer (worse than censorship-laden Germany, apparently), Greece recently passed a law making it illegal to have an "electronic game" in either public or private places. This includes PC games, arcade games, console games, handheld games and even cell phone games, and the penalties are a fine of 5,000 to 75,000 euros and imprisonment of one to 12 months if caught. Why was this passed? Apparently to discourage gambling. The ZDNet UK article points out that this puts a halt to the planned CPL qualifying event, and Blue's News posted a link to this petition where people can express their outrage over the law.

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