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Skill games company is Goliath
Opinion, Сolumns
PETE SHELLY, DICK GMEREK and SEAN SCHAFER 
May 13, 2025
Is there any wonder why state Sen. Gene Yaw is such an ardent supporter of skill games and Pace-O-Matic (POM), the largest distributor of these machin...
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A ruinous skill games tax
Opinion, Сolumns
May 07, 2025
Pennsylvania leaders need to find a better way to fix the commonwealth's persistent structural deficit than ruinous taxes on so-called "skill games" —...
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Goliath twists the tale on skill games
Opinion, Сolumns
SEN. GENE YAW 
May 01, 2025
It’s a tale as old as time in Harrisburg, but for those who read about skill games for the first time an obvious question often remains: how is this d...
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Skill games battle lines drawn in Pennsylvania
News, PA State News
CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Apr 11, 2025
HARRISBURG — The line drawn between skill games tax proposals is thick. For Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Williamsport, collecting 16% from businesses is fair. For...
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Coffin nail for smoking in casinos
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 21, 2022
State legislators addicted to easy money long ago rolled over for casino operators who claimed that they couldn’t make money, and provide the state go...
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Pa. gets failing grade on tobacco control
News, PA State News
EMILY MULLIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jan 26, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In a new nationwide report released Wednesday, Pennsylvania earned a failing grade for its tobacco control measures, including prev...
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Pa. casinos had a record year in 2021
News, PA State News
MARK BELKO Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jan 22, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It was a jackpot of a year for Pennsylvania casinos. Despite the pandemic, casinos generated $4.7 billion in total revenue — the mo...
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Pa. casino revenues top record $423M in July
News, PA State News
MEGAN TOMASIC The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
Aug 19, 2021
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania casinos generated more than $423.6 million in July, the highest monthly revenue total to date, according to state regu...
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