Pennsylvania State Police begin enforcing skill game ban
Enforcement begins after the Supreme Court ruling and the compliance deadline; six distributors have signed agreements and others have agreed to comply but requested more time.
With the deadline now past for businesses to remove skill game machines, the Pennsylvania State Police said that enforcement of Pennsylvania’s skill games law has begun.
The ban follows the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s decision and the expiration of the compliance deadline for businesses to remove unauthorized skill game devices from their premises.
PSP has entered into agreements with six skill games operators/distributors who are committed to complying with state law.
Agreements with multiple other distributors are pending, all of whom have indicated a willingness to voluntarily comply with the law but have requested more time to do so.
These businesses have agreed to ensure devices are rendered inoperable as of Oct. 14.
They have committed to removing machines from Pennsylvania businesses on a continuing rolling basis and provide a comprehensive list of all machines owned, including where they are located.
They will provide weekly status updates to PSP on removals and have consented that any machines that are not removed by the PSP provided timeline will be forfeited to PSP.
PSP said the ave agreed with those businesses to provide a timeline for completion of removals that is proportional to the amount of equipment promised to be removed and delay seizure of machines by PSP until after that date.