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Poker Or Slots? Games Of Skill And Chance Have Legal Distinctions In Pennsylvania
18 February 2019
Duane Morris LLP
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Pennsylvania State Police seized 414 illegal gaming machines in
southwestern Pennsylvania in 2018.
Currently, people can gamble at state-regulated casinos, through
the Pennsylvania Lottery, for horse races and, after the expansion of the law last year, online and at
some truck stops. But the changes didn't include gaming
machines in bars and restaurants. In those venues, if a game is
mostly chance, like a slot machine, it's illegal. But if it
requires skill, like poker, it's legal.
Frank DiGiacomo, partner with the Duane Morris law firm, said
the distinction comes from a 2014 court case out of Beaver County.
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