Skill games are now everywhere in Pennsylvania, found in places like bars, restaurants, and gas stations. They look like slot machines, but their makers say that winning depends on skill, not luck.

The problem is that skill games circumvent every rule, safety requirement, and tax obligation that casino gaming and other forms of legal gambling have been following for more than 20 years in ...

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Is it skill? Or luck? Are they legal or not? The state’s highest court is poised to hear arguments this week in the long-simmering debate over whether slot-like games now available in bars and ...

REPORTER TOM LEHMAN HAS MORE. SKILL GAME TERMINALS MIGHT LOOK AT TIMES LIKE SLOT MACHINES, BUT IN THE EYES OF PENNSYLVANIA’S COURTS, THEY’RE NOT. IF I HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA DOLLARS, I’LL SPEND IT ON THE ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Note: The video is from February 2024. Two Pennsylvania lawmakers on Monday introduced bipartisan legislation designed to regulate skill games in the Commonwealth and crack down on ...

It’s not very hard to spot skill games. They’ve popped up across Pennsylvania in bars, restaurants, gas stations, laundromats, private clubs and smoke shops. They look like slot machines but ...