A state Supreme Court ruling could force skill games out of businesses and nonprofits unless lawmakers agree on how to ...

Skill games that have spread throughout PA in recent years started with one arranged seizure in a small Beaver County social club.

Pennsylvania skill games to become illegal October 13. Senator Fontana wants exemption for veterans and social clubs, with ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers inked a budget deal and left Harrisburg last month without reaching an agreement on how to preserve skill games, the slot-machine-like betting terminals that are scheduled to ...

TOM. YEAH. MICHAEL, LISTEN, THIS IS A DECISION THAT CARRIES A LOT OF BUDGETARY AND POLICY IMPACTS. THAT’S BECAUSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ESTIMATES THERE ARE SOME 70,000 OF THESE DEVICES ACROSS ...

A legal loophole kept “skill games” from being considered gambling. Now lawmakers are trying to save them from a court ruling. By Leo Dominguez and Ben Blatt Reporting from Allentown, Pa. For the past ...

The status of an estimated 70,000 skill game machines across Pennsylvania is still in question after the General Assembly ...

On June 15, 2026, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued one of the most significant gaming-related decisions in recent history, fundamentally changing the legal landscape for skill games throughout ...

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has settled one of the state's most contentious gambling debates Monday, ruling that the devices fall under the definition of slot machines — and are subject to state ...