Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court on Friday lifted Philadelphia’s ban on casino-style “skill games” in convenience stores that were targeted as crime-attracting nuisances.
Whether the games can be banned in Pennsylvania is already a matter before the state Supreme Court, and Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers may pass legislation making them clearly legal for the purposes of regulation and taxation.
The city’s ban, pushed by Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and signed into law by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker in April, was upheld in June by Common Pleas Court Judge Sierra Thomas-Street, who denied an emergency request to stop the city from enforcing the law.
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