Pennsylvania Skill Games, Day Two: What the State Police Agreements Actually Require
Day two of Pennsylvania skill-games enforcement: no seizures reported, six operators have signed State Police agreements. Here is what they require.
Pennsylvania Skill Games: Enforcement Day One, and What Operators Should Do Before October 19
Enforcement has begun in Pennsylvania. Here is what officials are saying, what operators should document today, and what to watch on October 19.
Pennsylvania Skill Games: Today Is the Cutoff. Here Is What Happens Tomorrow Morning, and What Everyone Is Saying.
Today is Pennsylvania's skill-games cutoff. Here is what State Police say happens October 14, what operators should document tonight, and where to read the story from every angle.
Pennsylvania Skill Games: The Cutoff Is Tomorrow. Here Is the Last-Day Checklist.
The Pennsylvania skill-games cutoff is tomorrow. Here is the last-day checklist for removal, paperwork and license protection before enforcement begins October 14.
Four Days Out: The Pennsylvania Extension Petition Is Back, Smaller, and Without Its Biggest Name
Four days before Pennsylvania's October 13 skill-games cutoff, the extension petition has been refiled without its sponsorship memo or Rep. Burgos.
Six Days Out: Pennsylvania's Last Session Day Before the Skill-Games Deadline
Six days before Pennsylvania's October 13 skill-games cutoff, the last scheduled session day has arrived, lawmakers return October 19, and enforcers and vendors disagree on what compliance means.
Eleven Days Out: Three Tax Rates, One Deadline in Pennsylvania
Eleven days before Pennsylvania's October 13 skill-games cutoff, Diamond's 20%, Senate leadership's 35% and the governor's 52% show how far apart the sides are. Nothing has cleared committee.
Pennsylvania’s Real Plan B: A Six-Month Extension Sitting in Committee
With 13 days left before Pennsylvania’s October 13 skill-games deadline, two extension bills, HB 2793 and HB 2795, would authorize the games through April 13, 2027. Both are in House committee. What operators should plan for, plus Chicago’s current Illinois Gaming Board counts.
Pennsylvania Skill-Games Update: Five Bills, Zero Votes, New AG Warning
Rep. Russ Diamond’s skill-games package was formally introduced on September 24 as HB 2801 and HB 2802, bringing Pennsylvania’s total to five numbered bills with zero committee votes. Plus a fresh warning from the state’s Attorney General naming criminal charges for the first time, and where Chicago VGT licensing stands today.
Pennsylvania Has 15 Days Left. All Three Skill-Games Bills Are Still Stuck in the Same Committees They Started In.
Pennsylvania has 15 calendar days left before its October 13 skill-games deadline, and all three bills in play are still sitting in the same committees they started in. Plus fresh Chicago VGT numbers verified against the Illinois Gaming Board, and two corrections to how we’ve framed Virginia and Nebraska.
Chicago VGT, Verified: State Approvals Hold at 65, City Licenses Still Zero
Pulled directly from the Illinois Gaming Board’s own licensee data today: Chicago VGT approvals hold at 65, pending applications tick up to 286, and the city still hasn’t issued a single local license.
Every Pennsylvania Skill-Games Bill, Side by Side, and Our Odds on October 13
Nine proposals, zero votes, 19 days. Every Pennsylvania skill-games bill compared on tax, caps and eligibility, and why we put a 70% chance on machines coming out in October.
Pennsylvania State Police Just Told Businesses to Remove Skill Games. The Industry Says It Won't.
Pennsylvania State Police say skill games must be physically removed by Oct. 13, not unplugged. Some operators plan to leave the cabinets in place, and that gap could cost bars their liquor licenses.
Daily Gaming Market Brief — September 23, 2026
Today’s multi-state scan: Pennsylvania’s three skill-games bills, Chicago’s VGT licensing stall now with a $6.8M budget shortfall attached, and steady conditions in Missouri, Georgia, Texas, and the smaller distributed-gaming markets.
Three Pennsylvania Skill-Games Bills Exist Right Now. None of Them Is Actually Moving.
Three Pennsylvania skill-games bills, no floor movement: where HB 2557, SB 1079, and Rep. Diamond’s unfiled package stood 21 days from the October 13 deadline.