Gambling

Gambling is a habit of betting on uncertain outcomes. It often leads to robbing the poor for the benefit of a few rich exploiters of the addiction. Sometimes the game entails a bit of skill to entice the ego of the participant, as in poker. The

Mario franchise

Various Mario games have gambling minigames, such as Super Mario 64 DS and Mario Party Advance. Both games received a Parental Guidance (PG) rating in Australia for their inclusion of gambling.

In Mario Party Advance, the gambling minigames include Drop 'Em, Match 'Em, Pair 'Em, Scratch 'Em, Stop 'Em, and Watch 'Em.

In the Nintendo DS era, the South Korean localization of a few Mario games took a censorship approach to remove any references to gambling, because casino gambling is illegal in South Korea. Furthermore, because Super Mario 64 DS has some casino-styled gambling minigames featuring Luigi, all minigames, including those without gambling features, were outright removed from the South Korean version of the game. In Mario Party DS, two features on Bowser's Pinball Machine were altered to remove casino gambling references.

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