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Jonathan Caulkins, Professor of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh wants to tax skill games – but the real question is whether to limit them

This summer, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court recognized skill games as gambling devices. MediaNews Group/The Citizens' Voice via Getty Images

Anyone who has bought gas or a lottery ticket in Pennsylvania lately has probably seen one: a glowing machine in the corner that promises cash payouts.

There are tens of thousands of these “skill games” across the state, and until last month, no one could say for sure whether they were legal and, if so, who could regulate them and in what ways.

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