{"id":5188,"date":"2025-10-17T03:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/5188\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T03:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:48:12","slug":"ban-on-skill-games-goes-into-effect-in-bensalem-twp-bucks-county-with-some-exceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/5188\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban on skill games goes into effect in Bensalem Twp., Bucks County, with some exceptions"},"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\/2025\/10\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Ban on skill games goes into effect in Bensalem Twp., with some exceptions\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A ban on skill games in Bensalem Township, Bucks County went into effect on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BENSALEM TWP., Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; A ban on skill games in Bensalem Township, Bucks County went into effect on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The ordinance, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/bucks-county-community-bensalem-bans-casino-style-skill-games-exceptions\/15482781\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passed in October,<\/a> largely bans the machines anywhere in the township.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There are a few exceptions for a limited number of establishments with an active liquor license.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Smoke shops and corner market owners say they rely on the machines to attract business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A major provider of those games, Pennsylvania Skill, has filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the ordinance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">A hearing is set for January.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A ban on skill games in Bensalem Township, Bucks County went into effect on Friday. BENSALEM TWP., Pa.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4797,191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-5188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-4797","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188","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=5188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}