Pennsylvania Skill congratulates PGCB on record gaming revenue

Pace-O-Matic, which operates Pennsylvania Skill, questioned why casinos are targeting skill-based games after increases in revenue were reported throughout November.

Pennsylvania Skill has congratulated the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) after setting a new monthly record for gaming revenue, reporting nearly $562.4m during the month of November. 

The figure represents a 26% increase year-over-year, with slots, table games, sports wagering and iGaming all seeing revenue growth throughout the period. 

“It is outstanding that the state is ending the year on a high note with yet another month of record-breaking revenue from casinos and other gambling enterprises under the jurisdiction of the PGCB,” Pace-O-Matic Chief Public Affairs Officer Mike Barley said. 

“The end-of-the-year gaming numbers prove that ample room exists for casinos as well as small businesses, which operate skill games, to succeed. No competition exists between the two.”

Pace-O-Matic, which operates Pennsylvania Skill, questioned why casinos are targeting skill-based games after increases in revenue were reported throughout November. Barley said he hopes casinos will not use energy and capital to block expected legislation in 2025 that could regulate and tax skill-based games in the state. 

Good to know: Pennsylvania Skill issued a statement in response to the Commonwealth Court, which agreed that a skill game ban passed by the Philadelphia City Council is unlawful on December 9

“Sadly, after years of unsuccessful legislation and legal challenges seeking an outright ban of skill games, the casino industry is now working to ban them through excessive regulation and taxation,” Barley said. 

“Instead, they want to kill small businesses, American Legions, volunteer fire companies, Moose Lodges and other places that count on skill games by calling for an outrageous tax rate. These locations could never afford the same tax rate that wealthy casinos pay. Casinos know that and don’t care.”  

There has been support in Pennsylvania legislature for a bill that would put guardrails around skill game operations and is said to provide $250m in new tax revenue for the state during the first year. 

Despite millions of dollars in revenue being generated by the current 16% tax rate on skill-based games in Pennsylvania, casinos are still pushing for a higher tax rate according to Barley.

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