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  Greek gamers threatened with jail
Updated 05 September 2002, 14.48
Counter-Strike
Normally when you've been playing on your computer or console too long someone tells you off, but if you lived in Greece you could be sent to prison!

That's because the government there has made a law that bans anyone from playing electronic games in public.

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They're doing it to stop people gambling illegally. But their law doesn't make any difference between online gambling and ordinary gaming.

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Some people have even been taken to court after they let gamers play Counter-Strike online in an internet cafe.

The law even bans people from playing games in their own homes. But Greek officials say they're only going after people playing in public.

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A group of people who run lots of internet cafés in Greece are trying to get the ban overturned.

So if you're in Greece, it might be a good idea to put your Gameboy away if you're in a public place!

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