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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.

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — In recent years, PA Skill Games have been popping up across the Commonwealth. On Wednesday night, many advocates for those games rallied at the Hershey Italian Lodge in support ...

Could slot machine-style games help save SEPTA? That’s a key question in Harrisburg as Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers try to hammer out a budget deal that includes funding for the beleaguered ...

TAYLOR. ROUGHLY 100 PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE HERSHEY ITALIAN LODGE, ALL IN SUPPORT OF PENNSYLVANIA SKILL GAMES. MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE BEING SMALL BUSINESSES. ONE OF THEM, HOUSE OF PIZZA, THAT SAYS THESE ...

HARRISBURG, PA, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic, the developer of legal Pennsylvania Skill games, congratulated the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) and state casinos on ...

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 ...