Pennsylvania’s unregulated skill-based games could be on their way out, sources tell Casino Reports. As the Pennsylvania state legislature and Gov. Josh Shapiro scramble to get a budget in place before the holidays, one proposal would eliminate at least half of the state’s gray-market skill-based games and pull the remaining 40,000 into a regulatory structure.
The idea — which sources say is in the discussion stages and not yet in the form of a written proposal — would allow for 40,000 regulated and taxed skill-based games at bars and taverns, fraternal organizations, and potentially lottery vendors, one source told Casino Reports. The machines would be taxed at parity with state-regulated casino slot machines, which they resemble, sources said.
