Balatro, the poker-themed roguelite, has successfully appealed PEGI's decision to classify it as PEGI 18 and has now be…
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Awesome, I’m glad the dev held his position! He’s right that it’s incredibly moronic to have games like FIFA with actual gambling mechanics rated lower.

Balatro will get you hooked on lovely indie games, not gambling :)

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They tried to claim it taught you how to gamble. Seriously that was their argument.

So clearly they didn’t play the game because if you actually turned up to a casino and tried to play like that they kick you out.

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