The result has been legislative paralysis that has allowed the skill games industry to operate in regulatory limbo.Ī Beaver County court in 2014 ruled that developer Pace-O-Matic’s “Pennsylvania Skill” machines indeed require skill and are not illegal gambling devices under the state’s crimes code. And in the Capitol, where lobbying from both pro- and anti-skill game forces has been fierce, legislators for years have been split over the best way to deal with the machines. They say they are open to legislation to formally legalize and regulate the machines.īut the court battle over skill games is still unresolved.
Skill games proponents counter that a series of court rulings has settled the question of their legality.
