Thanks to a ruling this week by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the odds of a skill games payout to the commonwealth’s coffers just got a lot higher.
In a majority ruling, the state’s highest court stated that skill games are slot machines according to state law – a decision that will leave the roughly 70,000 machines currently operating in Pennsylvania businesses and their owners in the wrong kind of jackpot.
Proponents of keeping skill games categorized separately from slots still have an ace to play: The high court gave state legislators 120 days to come up with their own plan to regulate the machines, stating, “Naturally, because all that follows is a consequence of statutory law, our General Assembly also remains free at any time to take whatever legislative action it may deem appropriate.”
Keep reading for more winners and losers!