{"id":306542,"date":"2026-10-14T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306542\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:58:08","slug":"skill-games-now-banned-in-pennsylvania-except-at-casinos-and-truck-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306542\/","title":{"rendered":"Skill games now banned in Pennsylvania, except at casinos and truck stops"},"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\/10\/1791993488_854_16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, October 14, 2026 3:16PM<\/p>\n<p>Skill games are now banned if they are not at licensed casinos or truck stops in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Skill games are now banned if they are not at licensed casinos or truck stops in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The ban took effect at midnight, meaning state police can remove active skill game machines from bars, convenience stores, and non-profits starting Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Dollar Plus in Philadelphia&#8217;s University City section removed its three skill game machines last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Some Lehigh Valley businesses and non-profits were also taking them out on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled over the summer that skill game machines are slot machines, and therefore illegal outside licensed casinos and truck stops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The state legislature had 120 days to come up with a plan to tax and regulate them, but that never happened.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, October 14, 2026 3:16PM Skill games are now banned if they are not at licensed casinos or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[125229,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-306542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-125229","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306542","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=306542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}