Greece - Anti-Gaming Law Repealed.

Started by TheYak, Tue 12/07/2005 07:39:26

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TheYak

A law was introduced some time ago in Greece banning electronic gambling machines.  Unfortunately, the lawmakers agreed that they were unable to differentiate absolutely between arcade coin-op machines and electronic gambling.  The law, unfortunately, was written so broadly that various fines have been charged to consumers using a variety of gaming equipment .  Public-access to games was discouraged as well.  This Article has some mention of the law, though in a hyper-reactive way.  The law itself wasn't intended to accomplish what the article purports but is broad enough to essentially place even PC games in private homes under suspicion, merely because of the technological ignorance of the legislators.   Thankfully, here it was ruled unconstitutional and there remains only to repeal the law or re-write and institute it in a more precise form.   These legislators were of approximately the same level of ignorance & supposition as the US's own beloved Senator O. Hatch.

[Edit:People should look at the dates on things before they start new threads..  damn. I'd like to play it off as bringing it back up for discussion, but I have to admit blatant oversight. ]

Helm

WINTERKILL

Andail

What a waste on such an eloquently written and neatly linked article!

Scummbuddy

The return of the G.A.C. is inevitable. Maybe their website will be remade! Who knows. The possibilities are fantastic.
- Oh great, I'm stuck in colonial times, tentacles are taking over the world, and now the toilets backing up.
- No, I mean it's really STUCK. Like adventure-game stuck.
-Hoagie from DOTT

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