{"id":160806,"date":"2026-04-08T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160806\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:19:08","slug":"western-pennsylvania-amusement-companies-plead-guilty-to-distributing-illegal-gambling-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160806\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Pennsylvania amusement companies plead guilty to distributing illegal gambling devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/825e94c5e1d1cc4abd61965bcfac69b7.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two Western Pennsylvania amusement companies have pleaded guilty to distributing illegal gambling devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/over-400-illegal-gambling-devices-seized-by-ags-office-western-pa\/D46T62RT7NGV7HDSIM3KGDNMWY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Buffalo Skills Games Inc. and J.J. Amusement Inc.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Buffalo Skills Games Inc. and J.J. Amusement Inc.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Buffalo Skills Games Inc. and J.J. Amusement Inc.<\/a> agreed to dissolve and give up $5 million in assets as part of the plea, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2024, investigators seized more than 400 games from about 60 bars, gas stations, and convenience stores in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Crawford, Indiana, Somerset, Venango, Erie, Washington, Armstrong, and Westmoreland counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis resolution secures a multimillion-dollar forfeiture for the Commonwealth, while assuring the companies will cease to exist,\u201d Attorney General Dave Sunday said. \u201cI commend our partners at the Pennsylvania State Police for helping disband a large-scale operation that involved slot machines essentially dressed up as skill games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sunday warns that illegal gambling operations are not \u201cvictimless crimes,\u201d fueling criminal activity, exploiting people addicted to gambling and ripping off consumers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FREE WPXI News app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch WPXI NOW&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Western Pennsylvania amusement companies have pleaded guilty to distributing illegal gambling devices. 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