Pennsylvania Lawmakers Debate Tax Rate for Skill Game Machines

Pennsylvania lawmakers continue fight over skills games taxation: ‘Ugliest situation I’ve been in’

(WHTM) — One of the biggest, most public, and in some lawmakers’ view, the nastiest budget-related battle, continues at the State Capitol: How is Pennsylvania going to tax and regulate skill games? Pennsylvania lawmakers agree that there needs to be governmental oversight and a reasonable tax rate, but on skill game taxation, reason is nowhere […]

Pennsylvania lawmakers debate tax rate for skill game machines

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a tax on skill game machines, with business owners advocating for a lower rate than the governor's proposal.

Small businesses rally behind skill game proposal, Pa. Senate GOP split on issue

Video skill games spread rapidly across Pennsylvania, welcomed by bars, social clubs and convenience stores as a crucial cash cow, and now the gaming terminals have grown into a central issue in budget negotiations.

Pa. Senate in ‘ugly’ fight with skill games as budget deadline looms

HARRISBURG — An all-out political war is erupting in the state Capitol between the most powerful Republican lawmakers and a deep-pocketed company that has reshaped the gaming landscape in Pennsylvania. Hanging in the balance are hundreds of millions of dollars in potential state tax revenue — a key piece in closed-door budget talks as the June 30 deadline approaches with no deal in sight. The conflict escalated suddenly and bitterly over the pas…

GOP leaders accused of pressuring lobbyists to drop client in skill game fight

In a rare public rift, powerful skill games operator Pace-O-Matic is accusing the Pa. Senate of forcing lobbyists to drop them as a client.