(AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Fight over cash-paying video games hits crucial stretch
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The Associated Press
(AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
(Harrisburg) — As part of an unfolding court battle, Governor Tom Wolf’s administration wants to outlaw proliferating cash-paying electronic game terminals and accuses them of siphoning more than $200 million in revenue last year from the Pennsylvania Lottery.
An ally in the fight is Pennsylvania’s competition-wary casino industry.
The court fight comes down to whether state law prohibits the machines as an unlicensed slot machine, even if the outcome is supposedly based on skill, rather than chance.
Court arguments scheduled for Wednesday are on whether to continue a halt to police seizures of the Pennsylvania Skill brand of game terminals.
A collection of interviews, photos, and music videos, featuring local musicians who have stopped by the WITF performance studio to share a little discussion and sound. Produced by WITF’s Joe Ulrich.
