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MEDIA RELEASE
NICK XENOPHON M.L.C. INDEPENDENT
NO POKIES MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
CALL TO BAN TAMAGOTCHI TOY ‘PET’ WITH A (POKIES) STING
IN ITS TAIL
No Pokies MLC Nick Xenophon has
joined with Adelaide University problem gambling expert Dr Paul Delfabbro and
concerned parent Scott Bailey to call for Version 2 of the Tamagotchi toy pet to
be banned from sale in South Australia, or at least to receive an ‘R’ rating
by the Office of Film and Literature Classification, because it features a
pokies game. The pokies function of ‘Slot Machines’, which becomes available when the toy
pet turns four (on day four after activating the ‘egg’), is an outrage when
the packaging says for Ages 4 and up. “The
Tamagotchi has a ‘G’ rating in “This virtual pet
encourages children as young as four to participate in poker machine style
gambling. Kids become so emotionally attached to these toys that they grieve for
them when they ‘die’.” Go to
http://www.mimitchi.com/tamaplus/games.html
to see how the slots work on popular Tamagotchi toy – Mimitchi. (This site is
not from the manufacturers of the toy, but designed by a fan to show how the
slots work.)
Written and authorised by Nick Xenophon, 653 Lower North East Road, Paradise, SA 5075 |