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Throughout history, [[games]] -- board, card, physical, and [[video games|video]] -- have been a source of [[controversy]], and many have been outlawed. The following is a list of games that have aroused some sort of social controversy; more information about each game's controversy is available in the article on that game.

==Controversial games==
===Physical games===
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*[[Slot machine]]s (see [[Compulsive gambling]])
*[[Pinball]] (accused of inspiring gambling when players could earn money to "buy off" free games won, lead to "for amusement only" labels)
*[[Billiards]] (pool halls were targeted by community activists as inspiring gambling on the outcome of games and 'pool sharking')
*[[Marbles]] ("playing for keeps" in which players, usually children, could win the marbles of their opponents was often banned in American schools)
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*[[Pogs]] (In a similar vein to marbles as above, some children would "play for keeps")

===Board games===
*''[[Ghettopoly]]'' (depiction of [[ghetto]] was judged racist and offensive)

===Video games===
====Violence====
*''[[25 to Life]]'' (player commits violence against law enforcement officers and uses human shields)
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[[Category:Controversial computer and video games| Controversial games]]
[[Category:Lists of games|Controversial games]]
[[Category:Moral panics|Controversial games]]
[[Category:Psychology lists|Controversial games]]
[[Category:Computer and video game lists]]