Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2213: An Act providing for skill video gaming; imposing duties on the Department of Revenue; providing for issuance of licenses for skill video gaming; imposing a fee and criminal and civil penalties; and providing for zoning.
Status: In committee, February 11, 2026
What the bill says
An act or activity that is regulated under the provisions of this act. "Bearer scrip." A ticket that is a printed receipt from a skill video game system and is redeemable for cash equivalents. "Camera system." A video camera system approved by the department and provided by an operator to an establishment that meets the specifications approved by the department. "Cash." United States currency or coin. "Cash equivalents." Instruments with a value equal to United States currency or coin, including certified checks, cashier's checks, money orders or other representations of value that the departm.
From the introduced text, February 11, 2026:
an act or activity that is regulated under the provisions of this act. "Bearer scrip." A ticket that is a printed receipt from a skill video game system and is redeemable for cash equivalents. "Camera system." A video camera system approved by the department and provided by an operator to an establishment that meets the specifications approved by the department. "Cash." United States currency or coin. "Cash equivalents." Instruments with a value equal to United States currency or coin, including certified checks, cashier's checks, money orders or other representations of value that the department deems a cash equivalent. 20260HB2213PN2907 - 4 - "Central reporting system." A system provided by the lottery and accessible by the department to which each skill video game system communicates for the purpose of auditing capacity and information retrieval of the details of a financial event that occurs in the operation of a skill video game system, including coin in, coin out, ticket in, ticket out and jackpots. "Controlling interest." As follows: (1) For a publicly traded entity, the term means the holding of sole voting rights under State law or corporate articles or bylaws that entitle the person to elect or appoint one or more of the members of the board of directors or other governing board or the holding of an ownership or beneficial …