First country to ban videogames

On 30 July 2002, the Greek government hastily attempted to curtail illegal gambling by introducing law “3037” banning all electronic games. This, very briefly, led to Greece becoming the first country to ban all video games, including the innocuous My Little Pony: Best Friends Ball . On 25 September 2002, the law was amended to allow the playing of all electronic and computer games providing there was “no financial gain for the player or any third party”.