Pennsylvania Lawmakers Move to Regulate Skill Games Amid Legal Uncertainty
Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation to regulate skill games, which have become widespread in Pennsylvania bars and corner stores, after previous attempts were blocked by conflicting interests among lawmakers and gaming groups.
Skill games have become widespread in Pennsylvania bars and corner stores. According to WTAE, skill games are classified as slot machines under Pennsylvania law and must adhere to the commonwealth's crime and gambling statutes. Skill games exist in a legal gray area. Previous attempts to regulate skill games were blocked by conflicting interests among lawmakers and gaming groups. Three Republican state senators survived primaries where skill game interests spent heavily to remove them.
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