>>22770179>rumor even come from that it was Europe's regulation?It's not a rumor, it's known fact. The presence of a gambling element raises the minimum rating under the European ratings system. The fact that the slot machines were present in the Japanese and North American versions of Platinum but gone in the European version confirms this.
I've never heard anyone say that it was due to American law, and I can't think of any reason that it would have been.