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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Nearly everyone at the Pennsylvania State Capitol agrees so-called skill games need to be taxed and regulated. The agreement ends on exactly how to do that. Skill games are ...

When the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania convened recently to hear oral argument over the legality of Pace-O-Matic’s (POM) so-called “skill games,” the justices asked a fundamental question: Is it legal ...

In recent years, a dramatic contradiction has developed in Pennsylvania’s slot machine ecosystem. On one side are legal casino slot machines regulated by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania skill game machine at a business near Harrisburg. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds ...