Balatro's PEGI 18 Rating Appeal

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Balatro’s PEGI 18 rating in Europe has been changed following appeal

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Balatro's PEGI 18 rating in Europe has been changed following appeal.

The game will no longer have the rating because it contains 'fantastical elements' The game had been rated PEGi 18 due to 'prominent gambling imagery' and material that instructs about gambling.

Balatro creator LocalThunk has publicly shared his frustrations with the rating.

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