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The stools to play skill games are still lined up at the Freedom Fuels in Brookhaven. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)<\/p>\nSkill games: going, going, soon to be all gone in Delaware County.<\/p>\n
The video-slot style machines that can be found in bars, convenience stores, gas stations and veterans posts and other nonprofits around Delaware County and beyond are being removed or have been removed from unlicensed establishments.<\/p>\n
In June, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that skill games are in fact \u201cslot machines\u201d as defined in the Gaming Act and as such considered gambling devices under the Crimes Code. On Friday, the high court denied requests to extend the deadline and an attempt at a stay was denied.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania skill game proponents claim players use critical thinking and pattern recognition to win at the games, which the proponents maintain are based on skill rather than luck.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday morning, a Daily Times random survey of locations in Havertown, Upper Darby and Brookhaven found most devices had been removed.<\/p>\n
The stools to play skill games are still lined up at the Freedom Fuels in Brookhaven. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)<\/p>\n
At McCawley\u2019s Irish Pub on West Chester Pike in Upper Darby the machines were removed during the weekend. At the Freedom Fuels station at 3919 Edgmont Ave. in Brookhaven, stools to play the machines were still there but the games were gone.<\/p>\n
At a Suncoco station at 400 E. Township Line in Havertown, a clerk said they had been removed Monday night and warned any vouchers for the machines needed to be cashed in.<\/p>\n
The Daily Times found at least two machines still in the county, although those machines were not operational.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday morning at the Upper Darby American Legion Post 214, Richard Blye, commander of the Sons at the Post, was awaiting for a truck to come pick up the two machines they have in the canteen stationed next to the jukebox.<\/p>\n
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A notice alerts customers that the Pennsylvania Skill games at the Upper Darby American Legion Post 214, have been disabled. State police has said it is not enough to just disable the game, but to get rid of them. However, anyone with liquor license is encouraged to contact troopers for further instructions. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)<\/p>\n
Blye said that at the post, the machines have been there about two years and increased foot traffic and the amount of cash it brought to the post. He said the money wasn\u2019t that significant but it helped pay some bills. He estimated people would play them for about an hour at a time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was essentially for when we were open for events, or some of the veterans or guests would come up and play it,\u201d Blye said. \u201cIt was just here for a skills game, a distraction from the jukebox or televisions,\u201d he said. \u201cIt did generate revenue but we have to follow the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s play, play, play and I guess like a slot machine, you have to match up,\u201d Blye said. \u201cIt accepts money and there is a voucher system, so there is a payout.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the post was in alignment with pending legislation to keep the machines.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people feel as though this (removing them) benefits the casinos,\u201d Blye said. \u201cThat\u2019s the common refrain we\u2019re hearing: The casinos are losing foot traffic, losing revenue \u2026 because these games are in local places.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blye said that about a month ago, as soon as the post knew they were going to become illegal, they turned the machines off and placed signs on the machines alerting customers of the changing legalities on the devices.<\/p>\n
Those notices state the software to play the games had been removed and the terminal disabled.<\/p>\n
It urged customers to contact elected state representatives to support common sense legislation that protects local establishments and upholds the rights of Pennsylvanians to make their own choice to play skill games.<\/p>\n
It urged customers to go to the website https:\/\/joinpatap.com<\/a> to take action.<\/p>\n