MACUNGIE, Pa. – Supporters of Pennsylvania skill games gathered Thursday at the Macungie VFW Association, urging state lawmakers to pass legislation regulating the machines before an Oct. 13 deadline set following a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling.<\/p>\n
The rally brought together nonprofit organizations, small business owners and community members who say revenue generated by the machines helps fund daily operations, charitable donations and community programs.<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that skill game machines fall under the state’s gambling laws.<\/p>\n
Supporters are now asking the Pennsylvania House and Senate to approve legislation creating a regulatory framework before the court’s deadline.<\/p>\n
Without a new law, supporters say the machines could be forced to shut down.<\/p>\n
State Senator Jarrett Coleman said many organizations rely on the revenue generated by the machines to support their communities.<\/p>\n
“If they lose the revenue from this, from these games, they’ll no longer be able to contribute to the community in the ways that they have,” Coleman said.<\/p>\n
Dan Lee, president of the Macungie VFW Association, said the organization depends on income from skill games to offset rising operating costs, including food, beverages and utilities.<\/p>\n
“The price increase of everything from the product from the beverages to food. Electricity is a big one. We just got our electric bill and sky high,” Lee said.<\/p>\n
Lee said revenue from the machines also played a major role in rebuilding the VFW after a fire forced the organization to close in April 2025.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House and Senate have each introduced their own versions of legislation that would regulate skill games.<\/p>\n
Before any proposal can become law, both chambers must approve the same version of a bill and send it to Gov. Josh Shapiro for consideration before the court’s deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MACUNGIE, Pa. – Supporters of Pennsylvania skill games gathered Thursday at the Macungie VFW Association, urging state lawmakers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[214,232,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-260756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown-area","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260756","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=260756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}