WILKES-BARRE — State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski this week said there was a time when Pennsylvania restricted casinos and gambling and the state lost billions of Pennsylvania dollars to New Jersey.

The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association heard what it wanted to hear from Gov. Josh Shapiro. Shapiro, in his budget address Tuesday, called on legislators to work with him to regulate the ...

REPORTER TOM LEHMAN HAS MORE. SKILL GAME TERMINALS MIGHT LOOK AT TIMES LIKE SLOT MACHINES, BUT IN THE EYES OF PENNSYLVANIA’S COURTS, THEY’RE NOT. IF I HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA DOLLARS, I’LL SPEND IT ON THE ...

Pennsylvania skill game machine at a business near Harrisburg. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds ...

With some 70,000 skill games operating without regulation or taxation in Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro is seeing red — and green. He told a group of legislators and special guests, who gathered at ...

It’s not very hard to spot skill games. They’ve popped up across Pennsylvania in bars, restaurants, gas stations, laundromats, private clubs and smoke shops. They look like slot machines but ...

In recent years, a dramatic contradiction has developed in Pennsylvania’s slot machine ecosystem. On one side are legal casino slot machines regulated by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), ...

Pennsylvania skill game machines can be seen at a business in Harrisburg. Skill game operators and manufacturers say the machines are a lifeline for small businesses and social clubs. Spotlight PA ...