The government finally responds to gambling in video games petition

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The UK government has finally responded to a petition calling for gambling laws to be adapted to include video games with gambling mechanics that target children - and the answer isn't as bad as you might have thought.
The petition, titled "Adapt gambling laws to include gambling in video games which targets [sic] children", was filed earlier this month and quickly reached the 10,000 signatures needed to trigger a government response.
Though it has taken nearly three weeks for the response to arrive, and the response contains much we've already reported elsewhere, there are a few interesting takeaways, including a government assurance that the Video Standards Commission (VSC) rating board is working with PEGI "to determine whether any changes to the PEGI criteria need to be made".
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