{"id":324911,"date":"2026-11-10T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/324911\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:30:08","slug":"compliance-with-pennsylvanias-new-skill-game-enforcement-was-nearly-100-successful-state-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/324911\/","title":{"rendered":"Compliance with Pennsylvania’s new skill game enforcement was nearly 100% successful, State Police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compliance with Pennsylvania’s new skill game regulations<\/a> was nearly 100% successful, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania State Police said that troopers have visited over 12,000 establishments looking for skill games<\/a> since mid-October when the games became illegal across the state. \u00a0<\/p>\n

During those visits to establishments, a small amount of locations were found to have machines, which police said equated to a 99.4% enforcement success rate. 14 machines were seized along with $1,913, police said.<\/p>\n

In June, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that\u00a0skill game machines are slot machines<\/a>. Under the ruling, only casinos and licensed truck stops can operate them.\u00a0The court declined to extend the deadline<\/a>\u00a0for removing the machines from other establishments.<\/p>\n

Troopers said that police are continuing to investigate locations that haven’t voluntarily removed skill games, adding that those investigations are active and ongoing.<\/p>\n

Prior to the new regulations going into effect, a Pittsburgh-area skill game distributor loaded games onto a truck to be sent out of state.<\/p>\n

“If it’s illegal to do it, then there’s no work,” Rite Touch Distribution general manager Frank Fingers said. “Everyone has to come up with a backup plan.”<\/p>\n

Rite Touch Distribution ultimately laid off warehouse workers with the games deemed illegal in Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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