The lack of state taxes on so-called “skill games” is leaving regulation of the devices, and any tax revenue they could provide, up to local municipalities. Pennsylvania currently provides no ...

A Torch Electronics slot and gaming machine is photographed on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at a north St. Louis County-area establishment. ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Despite an ongoing budget crunch, St. Louis ...

MISSOURI, USA — A federal judge on Friday ruled that slot machines that have operated for years in bars, restaurants and convenience stores across Missouri are illegal gambling devices under state law ...

Torch Electronics gaming machines are seen Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at a restaurant and bar in Florissant. ST. LOUIS — Thousands of slot machines that have proliferated in Missouri gas stations and bars ...

Dear Abby gives advice to a woman whose husband's gambling addiction cost them all of thier savings and assets. Bloomberg via Getty Images DEAR ABBY: My husband developed an addiction to slot machines ...

A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess. At Hashtag 95 in Oak Lawn, the restaurant was a little slow on ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Even before the legendary gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead ...

A Las Vegas university found the average slot machine hold in the state has grown over the last 20 years, though regulators say the lower payback percentages fall within legal limits. A study from the ...

There’s a theory — maybe call it a conspiracy theory? — that the reason Nevada gaming win is up despite visitation being down is that the state’s slot machines are taking more money than they’re ...

Santa Anita’s “Racing On Demand” gaming machines were confiscated by state officials two days after they were installed. A short-lived experiment involving betting kiosks and a California horse racing ...

ARCADIA — As suddenly as Santa Anita installed slot-style gaming machines, California Department of Justice agents swept in and removed them Saturday, leaving serious doubt about California horse ...

POLICE AND STATE AGENTS ARE TALLYING THE NUMBERS ON LAST NIGHT’S RAIDS IN LAKE COUNTY. THEY WERE TARGETING ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND SEIZED HUNDREDS OF MACHINES AND CASH WITH THE OWNERS OR MANAGERS OF THE ...