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In an opinion piece published on June 13, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell suggests "skill games" should be taxed at the same rate as slot machines. His diatribe echoes the false, misleading rhetoric on skill games being pushed by the Pennsylvania casino industry. These arguments ignore both the facts and the law, displaying either ignorance or…

Law ・ 28 June 2024

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Rendell recycles casino industry talking points, misses key distinction

In a June 13 opinion piece published by PennLive, former Gov. Ed Rendell suggests "skill games" should be taxed at the same rate as slot machines. His diatribe echoes the false, misleading rhetoric on skill games being pushed by the Pennsylvania casino industry. These arguments ignore both the facts and the law, displaying either ignorance or lack…

Law ・ 26 June 2024

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'People don’t have to go to a casino': Skill games growing in popularity across Pennsylvania

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Michael Barley, Pace-O-Matic's chief public affairs officer, describes the company's interactive video Pennsylvania Skill games as akin to golf or blackjack - in which a player can increase chances of winning by making certain educated decisions. But Josh Ercole, executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of…

Law ・ 15 May 2024

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'Don’t have to go to a casino': Skill games growing in popularity across Pennsylvania

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Michael Barley, Pace-O-Matic's chief public affairs officer, describes the company's interactive video Pennsylvania Skill games as akin to golf or blackjack - in which a player can increase chances of winning by making certain educated decisions. But Josh Ercole, executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of…

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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

The Washington Post

Virginia gas station owners want their slot machines back, again.

RICHMOND - The slots-like gaming machines that Virginia has twice banned from gas stations, restaurants and convenience stores would blink back to life under legislation that lobbyists and legislators are pushing through the General Assembly. The measure could pave the way for slots-style gaming in every corner of the state, which approved the…

Law ・ 23 January 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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Isle of Wight to begin enforcing ban of slots-style ‘skill games’ Jan. 15

Any operators of slots-style video games in Isle of Wight County have until Jan. 15 to remove the now-illegal gambling machines that have proliferated across Virginia's truck stops and convenience stores. Those who continue to operate so-called "skill games" past the deadline could face a five-figure fine and possible jail time, warns Isle of Wight…

Law ・ 04 January 2024

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Supporters of skill games in Pennsylvania receive major legal win

FROM OUR HARRISBURG NEWSROOM ON WHAT'S NEXT. HEY, TOM. YEAH, THIS RULING UPHELD A DAUPHIN COUNTY COURT DECISION DECLARING SKILL GAMING MACHINES WERE NOT SLOT MACHINES OR ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEVICES. EXPECT AN APPEAL FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT. BUT FOR NOW, THE DEVICES ARE BEING VIEWED AS GAMES OF SKILL, NOT CHANCE.…

Law ・ 02 December 2023

NBC News Online

Casino operators, gaming regulator bemoan skill machines at Pa. Senate hearing

HARRISBURG - Video skill machines have become a fixture in convenience stores, bars and standalone parlors across Pennsylvania and as their legality endures judicial scrutiny in state and federal courts, lawmakers in the General Assembly are weighing regulation of an industry with revenues presumed to exceed $1 billion. Because skill games…

Law ・ 13 September 2023

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Lawmakers pass bill banning slot-like machines that skirt Kentucky’s gambling laws

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Kentucky General Assembly on Tuesday passed a ban on a type of gaming machine that skirts the commonwealth's gambling laws. Ordinary gaming machines are driven by chance. You pull a lever or hit a button hoping to get three in a row, and then you either win or lose. So-called "gray machines" add a step: You pull a lever or…

Law ・ 15 March 2023

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Casinos and other forms of gambling in the U.S. reach record high of $60 billion in revenue, proving legal skill games pose no financial competition

Duluth, Georgia, Feb. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic, the industry leader in legal skill games, today said the continuing record-breaking gambling revenue across the United States, more than $60 billion, shows without a doubt, legal skill games have no impact on gambling. The information recently released from the American Gaming…

Finance ・ 21 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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PA Legislature hasn't pulled the lever on regulating games outside casinos

State lawmakers have heard concerns about video gaming devices like those that a lawsuit says factored into a clerk's murder during a robbery at Craig's Food Mart in Hazleton two years ago. But bills to regulate the games haven't passed. "Unauthorized video gaming machines have proliferated into almost every corner of public establishments," Jake…

Law ・ 26 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 ・ 12 October 2022

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Skill games producer reports surge in illegal gambling following ban on gray machines in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)-A maker of skill games is reporting a surge in illegal gambling since a ban on their machines took effect earlier this year. Before being outlawed in Virginia, skill games were common in convenience stores. They were sometimes referred to as "gray machines" because, for years, they too operated in the gray area of state law,…

Law ・ 01 December 2021

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Skill Games Issue Keeps Vexing Lawmakers, Law Enforcement, Casinos

Nothing appears likely to happen in the Pennsylvania Legislature regarding skill games legislation this year, but a couple of lawmakers are trying to stimulate discussion for an effort next year. Sen. Gene Yaw and Rep. Jeff Wheeland held a press conference at the state Capitol last week to announce their plans to introduce legislation that would…

Law ・ 15 November 2021

CBS Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want Slot Machine-Like Terminals In Bars, Restaurants And Social Clubs

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Top Republicans in Pennsylvania's state Senate are pressing sweeping gambling legislation that would allow slot machine-like terminals in thousands of bars, restaurants, nonprofit social clubs and other businesses that hold liquor licenses. The legislation could deliver new gambling tax dollars to a state treasury hurting…

Travel ・ 07 May 2021

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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…

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