{"id":228335,"date":"2026-06-25T23:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/228335\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T23:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:58:51","slug":"pennsylvania-pace-o-matic-responds-after-parx-ceo-demands-skill-games-follow-casino-rules-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/228335\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania: Pace-O-Matic responds after Parx CEO demands skill games follow casino rules \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2190 Back to Newsroom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\nThursday, June 25, 2026 4:06 PM<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" class=\"no-lazy\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pennsylvania-Skill-Games-Pace-O-Matic-e1716423389994-1000x600.jpg\"  \/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0Pace-O-Matic (courtesy)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Generic-Author.jpg\"\/>Corey Sharp, PlayPennsylvania\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<p>There is a clearer picture of the Pennsylvania skill games industry now that the Supreme Court ruled the games as slot machines. Despite the ruling, it has not cooled down discussions and opinions over what should happen next with the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Parx Casino CEO Eric Hausler voiced his opinions and concerns about skill games in a recent op-ed. He identified their connection with \u201ccriminal behavior\u201d and \u201ccompulsive gambling,\u201d and he called into question Pace-O-Matic\u2019s (POM) interest in small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>POM responded to those comments to PlayPennsylvania on Wednesday. Mike Barley, POM spokesman, said:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not surprised to hear Parx Casino has zero interest or concern for the future of small businesses, veterans groups, or volunteer fire companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/news\/pace-o-matic-responds-after-parx-ceo-demands-skill-games-follow-casino-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Article continues on PlayPennsylvania\u00a0\u2b95<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/news\/pace-o-matic-responds-after-parx-ceo-demands-skill-games-follow-casino-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"osButton button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/out\/139307\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Cdc search\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cdc-search-20260617.jpg\" alt=\"Cdc search\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"720\" height=\"120\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2190 Back to Newsroom Thursday, June 25, 2026 4:06 PM Photo:\u00a0Pace-O-Matic (courtesy) Corey Sharp, PlayPennsylvania Email, LinkedIn, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[98914,96118,28,30,29,1979],"class_list":["post-228335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-greenwood-gaming","tag-pace-o-matic","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-skill-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}