In Greece, use a Game Boy, go to jail
The Greek government has banned all electronic games across the country, including those that run on home computers, on Game Boy-style portable consoles, and on mobile phones. Thousands of tourists in Greece are unknowingly facing heavy fines or long terms in prison for owning mobile phones or portable video games.
Greek Law Number 3037, enacted at the end of July, explicitly forbids electronic games with "electronic mechanisms and software" from public and private places, and people have already been fined tens of thousands of dollars for playing or owning games. [CNet News]
Stupid! A law passed to stop online gambling, talk about throwing out the baby with the bathwater! The fines range from 5,000 to 75,000 euros (about $4,980 to $74,650). They figured this was the solution since they could not distinguish innocuous video games from illegal gambling machines. Dumb, dumb, dumb!..mj
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