Harrisburg, Pa. — Skill game machines in bars, clubs, and shops across the state could stay safe from police seizure until February if four state lawmakers, primarily Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Lycoming, get their way.
The lawmakers filed an emergency application Tuesday, Oct. 6, asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to extend the 120-day "safe harbor" it set when it ruled in June that skill games are illegal slot machines under state law.
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