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Sep 10, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · By Ford Turner

    As state’s skill games deadline nears, device seizure talk grows (opens the original)

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    The fate of 70,000 or more illegal yet lucrative gambling devices frequently referred to as "skill games" is up to state political leaders for the next 34 days, but state police are preparing to act if the politicians do not. "All establishments possessing, operating and/or maintaining such machines are subject to criminal prosecution and immediate seizure of the machines as of October 14," Pennsylvania State Police said in a written statement Wednesday afternoon. The setting of Oct. 13 as the f

  2. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · By Ford Turner

    As state’s skill games deadline nears, device seizure talk grows (opens the original)

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    The fate of 70,000 or more illegal yet lucrative gambling devices frequently referred to as "skill games" is up to state political leaders for the next 34 days, but state police are preparing to act if the politicians do not. "All establishments possessing, operating and/or maintaining such machines are subject to criminal prosecution and immediate seizure of the machines as of October 14," Pennsylvania State Police said in a written statement Wednesday afternoon. The setting of Oct. 13 as the f

  3. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · By Ford Turner

    Law enforcement leaders ponder fate of skill games (opens the original)

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    With a mid-October time frame in mind, law enforcement leaders in Pennsylvania are pondering the fate of an estimated 70,000 so-called "skill games" that the state's highest court has found to be illegal gambling machines. Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement issued Wednesday they will be "prepared to act" when the Oct. 13 effective date of the Supreme Court decision arrives, and the agency is still developing its enforcement plans in conjunction with local law enforcement. Meanwhile, B

  4. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · By Ford Turner

    Law enforcement leaders ponder fate of skill games (opens the original)

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    With a mid-October time frame in mind, law enforcement leaders in Pennsylvania are pondering the fate of an estimated 70,000 so-called "skill games" that the state's highest court has found to be illegal gambling machines. Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement issued Wednesday they will be "prepared to act" when the Oct. 13 effective date of the Supreme Court decision arrives, and the agency is still developing its enforcement plans in conjunction with local law enforcement. Meanwhile, B

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · By Ford Turner

    Allegheny County second-degree murder cases in ‘land of the unknown’ (opens the original)

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    An estimated 120-plus inmates serving life sentences from Allegheny County are among groups potentially affected by what one prosecutor calls a new "land of the unknown" in Pennsylvania judicial matters involving second-degree murder. The uncertainty referred to by John Adams, Berks County district attorney and spokesperson for the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, follows the state Supreme Court's declaration earlier this year that sentencing guidelines for those serving mandatory li

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