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Gamers face jail in Greece
« on: July 12, 2005, 12:39:49 pm »
Note to self.......

do not vacation in Greece


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Re: Gamers face jail in Greece
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2005, 12:44:53 pm »
is that for real??? wtf is this i thought we lived in civilized times. might as well start up the holocaust again
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Re: Gamers face jail in Greece
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2005, 12:53:40 pm »
That is unbelievable.  Supposedly the reason for the blanket ban was that the govt. was unable to distinguish between video games and gambling machines.  How dumb can you be?  If they'd make me a decent salary offer I'd be more than happy to go over than make a career out of saying "Ok, this one pays out money so it's a gambling machine, this one doesn't so it's a video game".

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Re: Gamers face jail in Greece
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2005, 12:54:44 pm »
The article this thread refers to is 3 years old...? Is there any new news on this law?
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Re: Gamers face jail in Greece
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2005, 12:58:57 pm »
I couldn't edit....

Heres an article from 7 days later

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2249656.stm

A court in Greece has thrown out the case against two internet cafe owners accused of breaking a law banning computer games.
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Re: Gamers face jail in Greece
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2005, 01:02:30 pm »
Quote from: DaemonCollector on July 12, 2005, 12:54:44 pm
The article this thread refers to is 3 years old...? Is there any new news on this law?

Doh.........

Note to self allways look at the dates before posting something interesting
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Re: Gamers face jail in Greece
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2005, 01:28:00 pm »
yes, this was reported three years ago :)
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