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Why does gambling in a game automatically merit a T rating?

Discussion in 'Playground' started by SlickRCBD, Nov 11, 2012.

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    I know this question is years overdue, but when I was looking up ERSB ratings for the Leisure Suite Larry thread, I saw that a "T" rating is used for "simulated gambling".
    Why couldn't a game like that qualify for E or Everyone 10+?

    I'm biased because my father got an Intellivision video game system when I was starting Kindergarten, and I had virtually unlimited access to play "Las Vegas Poker and Blackjack".
    Intellivision would remain my only video game option aside from limited access to arcade games until I was almost ten when my family got a new Apple IIGS. Shortly afterwards, I would also obtain several "video poker" games from the library, which had a collection of PDSOF (Public Domain Software On File) disks that patrons were free to check out and encouraged to copy (so we wouldn't damage the library disk).

    Anyways, why wouldn't such a game be acceptable for preteen children under the ERSB guidelines? I've had access to what is essentially Video Poker almost as long as I can remember and my parents didn't have a problem with me playing. Heck, my mother was there and participated when my grandpa taught me to play penny poker. mostly because I admitted that I didn't understand how to play the video game and he thought I should learn least somebody at school try to swindle me.
     
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    I suppose because it is still considered a vice with age restrictions. The capital city of gambling Las Vegas still requires people to be at least 21 to gamble in the casinos.
     
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