All videogames banned

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This is not a trivia regarding any specific game, system or a developer, but a country in its rage against all games in general. This being the case, I have no idea where to submit it. In any case, the trivia is as ollows:

For a brief period of time back in 2002, all electronic games were banned from public places and even from private possession in Greece. This all was due to public hysteria and sensationalist reporting that originated from video footage of a member of the ruling political party in an illegal gambling establishment.

As a result, the Greek government passed a bill that banned every single elvectronic gaming device in the country. According to a Greek gaming website the law defined everything banned as such:

1. Electrical games are those, that depend on electrical mechanisms.
   
2. Electromechanical games are those that depend on electrical mechanisms and the use of one's muscle force.
   
3. Electronic games are those, that depend on both electrical-electronic mechanisms and software.
   

The law, however, was defined unconstitutional and conflicted the European legislation. The ban was lifted later during the same year, at least when it came to non-profitable gaming on one's own leisure. Currently the law is suspended.

Originally the law essentially meant that if you played, say, Game Boy on a bus, you could face jailtime.

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Wikipedia article
The lifting of the law