Penn Entertainment believes Pennsylvania‘s Supreme Court ruling on skill gaming machines is already tangibly benefiting its brick-and-mortar casinos.
The state’s highest court ruled on June 15 that skill gaming terminals are equivalent to illegal slot machines when they are offered without a license from the state gaming regulator. The court’s 120-day safe harbor period expired Oct. 13, and state police began enforcement action the following day to shut down remaining skill gaming machines.
“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that October represents the strongest year-over-year gaming revenue growth that we’ve seen in Pennsylvania in all of 2026, and it was largely fueled by the back half of the month,” Penn CEO Jay Snowden said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call on November 5. “To me, [that] tells you exactly what is happening here.”
