It’s time for the legislature to get into the game!
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania unanimously ruled that PA Skill Games are legal games of skill. This is a major victory for Pennsylvania small businesses, non-profit organizations, veteran’s groups, fire halls, and others that rely on the supplemental income from skill games to keep their doors open.
Now it’s time for the state legislature to regulate and tax legal skill games to ensure every Pennsylvanian wins! The revenues, estimated at $250 million in the first year alone, could be used to support many important initiatives including transportation and infrastructure.
Contact your legislators today! Tell them right now is the time to get off the sidelines and get into the game.

Support Commonsense Regulation And Taxation of Skill Games

Tell them to vote YES on commonsense skill game regulation

I am writing to you today to urge you to support a reasonable, fair tax rate for skill games.

Many Pennsylvania small businesses and fraternal organizations rely on skill games for supplemental, sustainable income. These establishments include family-run mom-and-pop restaurants and bars as well as community-centered organizations such as VFW halls, American Legion posts, and volunteer fire departments. Income from skill games goes toward creating and sustaining jobs, paying competitive wages, making critical location updates, offering employee benefits, donating to charitable causes, and much more.

Senate Bill 626, commonsense legislation proposed by Sen. Gene Yaw, and companion legislation that will soon be filed by Rep. Danilo Burgos, would establish a much-needed regulatory structure for skill games along with a fair tax of 16%. Skill game locations already pay income taxes on the games. This proposed 16% tax would be an additional, industry-specific tax.

Some in Harrisburg are calling for an astronomically high tax rate on skill games, which would unfairly target small businesses and non-profit organizations while simultaneously reducing tax revenue for the state.

An unreasonably high tax rate will harm those establishments that rely on skill game income the most. It will take money away from small businesses already struggling with inflation and fraternal organizations that use the income to keep the lights on. If locations can’t justify keeping legal skill games, the state will lose that tax revenue at best - at worst, some locations may replace legal games with illegal machines.

Supporting a 16% tax rate on skill games means supporting small local businesses and non-profit organizations while still generating $250 million in new tax revenue for the state in just the first year alone – all without jeopardizing any other revenue streams.

Now is the time to pass commonsense legislation and fair taxation for skill games in Pennsylvania.

Thank you for your service to our commonwealth.

Contact your legislator TODAY

Tell them to vote YES on commonsense skill game regulation

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