The fight over skill games in Harrisburg isn’t just playing out at the state capitol. For some veterans organizations, what lawmakers decide could determine whether they can keep their doors open.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in June that skill games are slot machines and can only operate in casinos or licensed truck stops. Now, businesses are staring down a deadline of Oct. 14. The machines will become illegal unless state legislators can come to an agreement on how to regulate the machines.
The commander at the VFW Post 418 in McKees Rocks says what’s at stake isn’t really about a game. He says it’s about the veterans who walk through these doors looking for a place where they know they belong…