{"id":283930,"date":"2026-09-11T17:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283930\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T17:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:40:18","slug":"pennsylvania-state-police-to-begin-removing-skill-games-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283930\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania State Police to begin removing skill games next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789148418_739_16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 11, 2026 4:22PM<\/p>\n<p>The Pa. Supreme Cout ruled in June that both gambling laws and the criminal code apply to the machines, saying they are essentially slots.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Pennsylvania State Police are set to seize <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/tag\/skill-games\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">skill games<\/a> from businesses starting next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The state <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-rules-skill-games-illegal\/19305616\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Couty ruled in June<\/a> that both gambling laws and the criminal code apply to the machines, saying they are essentially slots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Only licensed casinos and qualifying licensed truck stops may legally possess slot machines and gaming terminals in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The legality of the devices has been debated for years, with supporters saying they rely on skill rather than chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">All of the games have to be removed by October 13.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday, September 11, 2026 4:22PM The Pa. Supreme Cout ruled in June that both gambling laws and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[118414,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-283930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-118414","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283930","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=283930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}