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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Skill games are coming under fire once again in Pennsylvania. This time, it’s Pennsylvania State Senator Gene Yaw who will be introducing a new piece of legislation aimed at regulating and taxing ...

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 ...

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