[FYI] Griechenland: On-line chess banned from Internet cafes?

[Joerg-Olaf Schaefers <listen@fx3.de>]

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"Internet-Spielhoellen" bald auch in Griechenland verboten?

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On-line chess banned from Internet cafes?

Three months after promising to instantly outlaw all electronic games
from the public domain in the wake of a heated public debate on
widespread illegal gambling, the government tabled a bill to that
effect in Parliament yesterday.

The draft law, presented by the Economy and Finance Ministry, bans any
form of “electric, electro-mechanical and electronic” game devices,
including computers, from hotels, coffee shops, club premises and
public areas in general. This will not apply to Internet cafes, which,
however, will not be allowed to offer their clients computer games.

The police will be responsible for catching offenders, who will face
fines of 5,000 to 75,000 euros and imprisonment of one to 12 months.

The blanket ban was decided in February after the government admitted
it was incapable of distinguishing innocuous video games from illegal
gambling machines.

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Quelle:
<http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100020_30/05/2002_17011>

Siehe auch: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26041.html

MfG
 Olaf, ./fx3

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