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Council hears that borough can regulate 'skill' gaming machines under police powers
Summary
A presenter told council that state law does not treat certain 'skill' machines as gambling but that municipalities can require registration and an annual per-machine fee under their police powers. No ordinance was shown or adopted at the meeting.
A presenter explained to the council that machines characterized as "skill" games are not currently defined as gambling devices under state law and therefore fall outside statewide gambling statutes. However, the presenter said municipalities have authority under general police powers to regulate such devices and could require establishments to register machines with the borough and pay an annual per-machine license fee.
The discussion described the legal gap and local regulatory options; council did not introduce or vote on a specific ordinance at this meeting. The presenter noted that, absent state-level regulation or taxation, local rules are the primary lever for oversight of these machines.
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