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PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

but... Looks like they don't audit so good, if this article is evidence

That's the whole issue with it being a lobby group. It makes them a ton of money, so they are incentivised against making a rating for it because that would draw more attention/limit sales.

And that's where the whole government lobbying part comes in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Right i was just clarifying what i learned about PEGIs setup, that it seems similar to the US's ESRB. I'm a yank and didn't know before looking either