With a mid-October time frame in mind, law enforcement leaders in Pennsylvania are pondering the fate of an estimated 70,000 so-called “skill games” that the state’s highest court has found to be illegal gambling machines.
Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement issued Wednesday they will be “prepared to act” when the Oct. 13 effective date of the Supreme Court decision arrives, and the agency is still developing its enforcement plans in conjunction with local law enforcement. Meanwhile, Berks County District Attorney John Adams – who last month said he could either “rent some tractor-trailers and execute some search warrants” or take a “more measured approach” – on Wednesday said he hoped to be spared such a decision by action from state lawmakers.
