Municipalities should amend their zoning ordinances to account for skill games to regulate their use and location within their borders. And potential skill games operators should examine local zoning ...

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 ...

Stroudsburg Borough Council will impose a tax on skill games. During the Aug. 19 borough council meeting, an ordinance establishing a tax on skill games was passed. The ordinance defines a skill game ...

A new trend is emerging as people are trying to steal from skill games for money. Skill games are those machines that you see most commonly in taverns or clubs that give players a chance to earn a ...

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.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The budget deadline is rapidly approaching, and many at the State Capitol are counting on money from a tax on skill games. But will that get done in time or at all? The ...

HARRISBURG — This year’s state budget didn’t pull slot-like skill games out of their legal limbo, despite bipartisan consensus on the need to do so. But it could still happen. Democratic Gov. Josh ...