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Greece Bans Gaming
In a move that many gamers in the region have deemed a bit too extreme for a democratic country, the Greek government has banned the use of interactive entertainment both in private and public places. The Greek Parliament recently passed a bill that was meant to combat illegal gambling (both online gambling games and slot machines) in cyber cafes around the country, but the law also prohibits the use of games in these types of social establishments (and when they say "games" the meaning touches everything from electronic card games to PC games like EverQuest and Half-Life).
According to one of our readers from that region, an Internet cafe owner was recently arrested by police for allowing some of his customers to partake in a game of Counter-Strike. Thousands of Greek citizens have already begun protesting the blanket anti-gaming law on sites around the internet like this Net Cafe site (Greek language). If you can read Greek, then you may be interested in checking out law (PDF format). We'll bring you more on this story as it develops...

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