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Pace-O-Matic: Revenue report proof two kinds of slots can flourish

Pace-O-Matic, the Georgia-based producer of the "Pennsylvania Skill" unregulated and untaxed slot-like machines spreading throughout the state, is pointing to record casino revenues as evidence the skill games don't compete with casino slots. In a press release, Pace-O-Matic spokesman Mike Barley noted the record May gross gaming revenue of nearly…

Law ・ 02 July 2024

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PA's Parx Casino buys neighboring hotel, new facility on hold

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP - Parx Casino has purchased a nearby existing hotel to brand as its own, according to several reports. The casino's owners, Greenwood Racing, won approval to build a 13-story hotel in 2023 on its property on Street Road in Bensalem. However, there appeared to be no real visible progress on construction. Greenwood announced Monday…

Law ・ 25 June 2024

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Pennsylvania court will decide whether skill game terminals are gambling machines

CORRECTS DATE FILE - A row of Pennsylvania Skill brand game terminals are open for play, Jan. 10, 2024, in Monaca, Pa. Pennsylvania's highest court said Tuesday, June 18, 2024, that it will decide whether the cash-paying electronic game terminals that have become commonplace in convenience stores, bars and other businesses are unlicensed gambling…

Law ・ 25 June 2024

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Pa. court will decide whether skill game terminals are gambling machines

Pennsylvania's highest court will decide whether the cash-paying electronic game terminals that have become commonplace in convenience stores, bars and elsewhere are unlicensed gambling machines and, as a result, must be shut down.The state Supreme Court said this week that it will consider an appeal by the attorney general's office of a…

Law ・ 21 June 2024

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Gas station ‘gambling’ is back in Kentucky, despite a statewide ban

Prominent Technologies says its new games are not covered by the ban, but their claim has drawn early skepticism from the administration of Gov. Andy Beshear. The Pennsylvania-based game maker was one of two companies that began operating what they called "skill games" in Kentucky gas stations, convenience stores and bars across Kentucky in…

Law ・ 10 March 2024

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OUTLOOK 2024: Shapiro wants to tax skill games. He must first navigate Pa.’s wealthy, warring gambling interests.

HARRISBURG - As part of his budget pitch this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to regulate and tax skill games to raise tens of millions of dollars in revenue. In making this proposal, the Democrat wades into a years-old battle for dominance of the gambling industry, which last year contributed $2.3 billion in tax revenue to the commonwealth's…

Law ・ 24 February 2024

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Shapiro wants to tax skill games. He must first navigate Pa.’s wealthy, warring gambling interests.

HARRISBURG - As part of his budget pitch this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to regulate and tax skill games to raise tens of millions of dollars in revenue. In making this proposal, the Democrat wades into a years-old battle for dominance of the gambling industry, which last year contributed $2.3 billion in tax revenue to the commonwealth's…

Law ・ 20 February 2024

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Shapiro Wants to Tax Skill Games. He Must First Navigate PA’s Wealthy, Warring Gambling Interests.

Because skill games aren't explicitly legal in Pennsylvania, the question of whether the games should be allowed to operate has led to State Police seizures and sparked years of litigation over their status. Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA and Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA HARRISBURG - As part of his budget pitch this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro says he…

Law ・ 18 February 2024

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Shapiro Wants to Tax Skill Games. He Must First Navigate Pa.’s Wealthy, Warring Gambling Interests.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - As part of his budget pitch this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to regulate and tax skill games to raise tens of millions of dollars in revenue. (Photo: Pennsylvania skill game machines at a business near Harrisburg. Photo credit: Sarah Anne Hughes / Spotlight PA) Article by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA and Katie Meyer of…

Law ・ 17 February 2024

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Shapiro Wants to Tax Skill Games. He Must First Navigate Pa.’s Wealthy, Warring Gambling Interests

HARRISBURG - As part of his budget pitch this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to regulate and tax skill games to raise tens of millions of dollars in revenue. In making this proposal, the Democrat wades into a years-old battle for dominance of the gambling industry, which last year contributed $2.3 billion in tax revenue to the commonwealth's…

Law ・ 17 February 2024

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Pennsylvania skill games fight is on

In December, the Commonwealth Court upheld a county court judge's ruling that so-called skill games generally found in restaurants, bars, convenience stores and private clubs are not illegal gambling devices. Casino operators argue that the lower court's ruling opens the floodgates for unlicensed, unregulated, unlawful slot machines to dominate…

Law ・ 05 January 2024

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Commonwealth Court rules skill gaming terminals are not slot machines

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled in a unanimous decision on Thursday that Pace-O-Matic (POM) gaming terminals are skill games, not slot machines as defined by state law. The appellate court sided with POM, the developer and distributor of the machines in question, that their gaming terminals are not slot machines as the Commonwealth…

Law ・ 01 December 2023

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Top Pa. gaming regulators met with industry lobbyists before allying against casino competitor

HARRISBURG - On a mid-January morning in 2020, the state's top gambling regulators privately gathered inside a conference room at their downtown Harrisburg offices with lobbyists for Parx Casino, the largest in the state. The lobbyists had worked for weeks to land the meeting with the two highest-ranking members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control…

Law ・ 21 February 2023

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Pa. gaming regulators met with casino lobbyists before coming out against competitor

On a mid-January morning in 2020, the state's top gambling regulators privately gathered inside a conference room at their downtown Harrisburg offices with lobbyists for Parx Casino, the largest in the state. The lobbyists had worked for weeks to land the meeting with the two highest-ranking members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board:…

Law ・ 27 February 2023

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Top gaming regulators in Pa. met with casino lobbyists before coming out against a big competitor

HARRISBURG - On a mid-January morning in 2020, the state's top gambling regulators privately gathered inside a conference room at their downtown Harrisburg offices with lobbyists for Parx Casino, the largest in the state. The lobbyists had worked for weeks to land the meeting with the two highest-ranking members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control…

Law ・ 23 February 2023

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Parx Casino met privately with PA gaming regulators-Spotlight PA

HARRISBURG - On a mid-January morning in 2020, the state's top gambling regulators privately gathered inside a conference room at their downtown Harrisburg offices with lobbyists for Parx Casino, the largest in the state. The lobbyists had worked for weeks to land the meeting with the two highest-ranking members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control…

Law ・ 20 February 2023

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US casinos take aim at ‘illegal’ slot machinesVending Times

The U.S. casino industry has launched a legal war against videogame machines which they claim are gambling machines that are evading gambling laws and avoiding taxes, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The machines' screens feature a grid of spinning squares and players must get a match of icons by tapping the screen to win a…

Law ・ 28 December 2022

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Pace-O-Matic Removes Parx Casino's Suit Alleging 'Skills' Games Are Gambling Devices

Attorneys at Kleinbard LLC on Friday removed a lawsuit against slot machine company Pace-O-Matic and Miele Manufacturing to Pennsylvania Eastern District Court. The suit contends that Pace-O-Matic's'Pennsylvania Skill' branded slot machines do not comply with the state's regulatory regime for gambling devices and are untaxed. The complaint, brought…

Law ・ 07 November 2022

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Parx Casino Filed a Lawsuit Against Skill Games Distributor Pace-O-Matic

Philadelphia's largest gambling complex Parx Casino has picked up a fight against the United States' leading producer of skill games, Pace-O-Matic, by filing a lawsuit against the Georgian company. Greenwood Racing Inc., which is the owner of Parx Casino, has filed a lawsuit against Pace-O-Matic with allegations of unfair competition. According to…

Law ・ 30 October 2022

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Report Shows Casino Lobbyists Wrote Bill Banning Unregulated Machines

Casino lobbyists played a key role in drafting a 2019 bill that would have made unregulated "games of skill" explicitly illegal in Pennsylvania, according an in-depth report by Spotlight PA this week. The bill never received consideration, though discussion about the skill games issue continues into the current legislative session in…

Law ・ 13 April 2022

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Emails reveal casino influence in skill games bill

HARRISBURG - In the spring of 2019, State Sen. Tommy Tomlinson hosted a news conference in the state Capitol to announce legislation banning thousands of unregulated gaming machines that have popped up in gas stations, convenience stores, bars, social clubs, and other establishments across Pennsylvania. The slot-like machines, called skill games,…

Covid ・ 12 April 2022

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Ties revealed between lawmaker, casino lobbyists

HARRISBURG - In the spring of 2019, State Sen. Tommy Tomlinson hosted a news conference in the state Capitol to announce legislation banning thousands of unregulated gaming machines that have popped up in gas stations, convenience stores, bars, social clubs, and other establishments across Pennsylvania. The slot-like machines, called skill games,…

Law ・ 12 April 2022

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Pa. lawmaker worked with casino lobbyists to author gambling bill

Emails to and from the legislature are normally shielded from public scrutiny, as lawmakers exempted themselves from having to reveal electronic communications when they revamped the state's public records law in the 2000s. Emails between Tomlinson's office and Parx Casino's lobbyists were unearthed as part of a little-publicized federal lawsuit by…

Law ・ 11 April 2022

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Pennsylvania state senator introduced gambling bill written by casino lobbyists, emails show

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. (Harrisburg) - In the spring of 2019, state Sen. Tommy Tomlinson hosted a news conference in the state Capitol to announce legislation banning thousands…

Law ・ 11 April 2022

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Shapiro Wants to Tax Skill Games, But Must First Navigate Pa.’s Wealthy, Warring Gambling Interests

As part of his budget pitch this year, Gov. Josh Shapirosays he wants to regulate and tax skill games to raise tens of millions ofdollars in revenue. In making this proposal, the Democrat wades into a years-oldbattle for dominance of the gambling industry, which last yearcontributed $2.3billion in tax revenue to the commonwealth's coffers. The…

Law ・ 16 February 2024