Skill games battle lines drawn in Pennsylvania

Will tax on skill games make next Pennsylvania budget?

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- The budget deadline is rapidly approaching, and many at the State Capitol are counting on money from a tax on skill games. But will that get done in time or at all? The lawmaker who may be closest to the issue has his doubts as the wheels keep spinning on tens of thousands of skill games across the Commonwealth. Lots of people are playing, but the biggest winners are the folks behind the machines, who continue to be unt…

Skill games battle lines drawn in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG — The line drawn between skill games tax proposals is thick.

Yaw Introduces Bill to Support Small Businesses and Veterans’ Organizations - Pennsylvania Senate Republicans

HARRISBURG – Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) has reintroduced a bill to support small businesses and veterans’ organizations who rely on skill games and protect them from devastating higher taxes. The supplemental income from the games, which they depend on to help pay their staff, pay their bills, maintain their establishments and pay for donations to help their communities, is at risk, according to Yaw. “There is broad recognition of the need to regulate…