PEGI Rating For Gambling Descriptor Is Now Always 18+
Updated PEGI criteria for gambling ensures any new game that includes elements that encourage or teach gambling are now rated PEGI 18.
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Sounds goo howeverUpdated PEGI criteria for gambling ensures any new game that includes elements that encourage or teach gambling are now rated PEGI 18.
As keeps being argued by AAA companies Lootboxes aren't technically gambling under the present real world laws thus likely will end up escaping this.The result is that parents and carers can be confident that any new game published where you can partake in recognisable real-world gambling will be rated PEGI 18.
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games where you play a game recognised as gambling in the Real World but not for real money just for fun as part of the game can end up getting hit by this.An example is Overboard. This is a murder mystery game where the twist is that you are the murderer trying to fool people into thinking you are innocent. The game is a text adventure with some illustrations and includes "Mild Violence, Suggestive Themes and Use of Alcohol" at the PEGI 12 level.
However, because there is a scene where you can play blackjack with another character the game is rated PEGI 18 for Gambling. It's also worth noting that because the other elements aren't at the PEGI 18 level they are not included as descriptor logos.
The VSC expanded on how these changes work. "In 2020, the PEGI criteria were changed so that, in future, any games featuring moving images that “teach and/or glamorise the use of games of chance that are played/carried out as a traditional means of gambling” will be rated PEGI 18."
"This refers to types of betting or gambling for money that is normally played or carried out in casinos, gambling halls, or racetracks. It does not cover games where betting or gambling is simply part of the general storyline. The game must actually teach the player how to gamble or bet and/or glamorise gambling. For example, this will include games that teach the player how to play card games that are usually played for money or how to play the odds in horse racing."