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Pennsylvania has an estimated 70,000 skill-game machines, nearly three times the roughly 25,000 regulated slots in casinos.

Proponents of a ban argue these machines work as slot devices, as the skill component does not transform the games' fundamental gambling nature.

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Editor's note: This piece has been slightly revised by the author from the version that appeared in the print edition of LNP | LancasterOnline on Nov. 17. Here’s an uncomfortable truth: unregulated ...

(WHTM) – A top Republican lawmaker says skill games and marijuana continue to be a major issue in budget negotiations. In an interview on This Week in Pennsylvania, the Republican Chairman of the ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. — A Georgia man is facing charges after police say he participated in the theft of more than $20,000 in cash and winning tickets from a Pennsylvania skill game machine, according ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– It was ruled Thursday by the state court that Pennsylvania Skill games are legal. The Commonwealth Court ruled in the case, which was first brought forth in Dauphin County, ...