The American Gaming Association makes a strong case for why Pennsylvania should ban “skill” machines and get them out of restaurants, bars, convenience stores, American Legion halls or anywhere outside of casinos.
They argue the machines are multiplying like rabbits, and there’s no real skill required to play them. It’s a misnomer, they insist. The machines are just another way to gamble, and they’re taking customers away from casinos whose tax dollars fill state coffers.
Without the money casinos bring to the state, there would be a whole lot less tax revenue to fund local economic development projects or provide property tax relief for Pennsylvania residents.
