Unlike slot machines and other casino gambling, skill games are not regulated by the Gaming Control Board.

Skill games resemble slot machines and have proliferated over the past decade in convenience stores, gas stations, restaurants, social clubs, and other locations statewide. The agency is tasked with reviewing alleged violations of the state’s Ethics Act, which governs behavior by public officials and employees.Įarlier this year, Spotlight PA reported that lobbyists for the state’s largest casino, Parx Casino in Bucks County, embarked on an intense, behind-the-scenes effort to get the Gaming Control Board to abandon its hands-off stance toward skill games. Mary Fox, the state Ethics Commission’s executive director, said the agency does not confirm or deny the existence of its investigations. A spokesperson for the state attorney general’s office said he could not comment, noting that skill games are “the subject of a multitude of litigation.” It is not clear whether the lawmakers’ requests for an inquiry will be heeded. In the past, another spokesperson told Spotlight PA the agency acted properly in its dealings with the lobbyists. Gaming Control Board spokesperson Richard McGarvey said the agency has not seen the letters and thus had no comment. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor

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