The machines currently exist in a bit of a legal gray area: They are not regulated by the state’s chief gaming law but have been effectively made legal by a series of court decisions over the last several years. You’ve probably seen – or even played – skill games like Patriot, Cavalier and Barfly in a bar, a club, a fraternal organization or a convenience store … but what, exactly, are these video gaming machines at the heart of one of the hottest policy debates in Harrisburg?
