By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Casino.org News reported that Pennsylvania lawmakers left skill game regulation and taxation out of the 2026–27 budget. The state Supreme Court had ruled the previous month that the machines are illegal slots.
The budget omission leaves the machines without the proposed regulatory and tax framework.
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