{"id":1636,"date":"2026-06-26T22:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2026-06-26T22:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:42:38","slug":"could-a-pa-supreme-court-decision-on-skill-games-help-fund-septa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1636","title":{"rendered":"Could a Pa. Supreme Court decision on skill games help fund SEPTA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More funding for SEPTA and dozens of financially strained mass transit systems across Pennsylvania has beenon the back burner in this year\u2019s budget debate, but it may get some more attention now.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1634\">Knives, drugs, and guns: A police report obtained by The Inquirer shows what officers found inside Eugene Albert Horsch\u2019s car<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that tens of thousands of the so-called skill games in bars and convenience stores are in fact slot machines \u2014 and illegal unless licensed, regulated and taxed like casino-based slots.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBy dedicating a portion of skill game revenue to transportation, we can protect and strengthen transit services without placing additional burdens on taxpayers, while ensuring our transit agencies have the resources they need,\u201d Republican State Sen. Frank Farry of Bucks County said Friday in a statement.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Transit advocates renewed what has become an annual public push for more money for SEPTA and fellow transit agencies at a news conference in front of the Fifth Street\/Independence Hall Station \u2014 prompted in part by the court decision.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Farry issued the statement in support of that effort.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have the freedom to be able to come here, thanks to this elevator behind us, which was recently renovated,\u201c said Julie Rea, an organizing fellow for Transit Forward Philadelphia who uses a wheelchair and depends on the El.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWithout the long-term funding that SEPTA really needs, we\u2019re not going to be able to keep the system accessible for all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Last year, lawmakers and Gov. Josh Shapiro failed to reach agreement for a third time on his proposal to dedicate an increased portion of general sales-tax revenue to consistently fund transit agency operations for five years.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Republicans, who control the Senate, did not want to take more sales tax revenue for transit, and the Democrats in charge of the House did not want to take up the GOP leadership\u2019s counterproposal to use state money for infrastructure projects for operations instead.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Farry offered legislation in 2024 to regulate and tax skill games and dedicate 50% of the revenue to create a stable source of funding for public transit. The most optimistic assessments are that taxes on the games at or near the rate casinos must pay for their slots could generate up to $1 billion a year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1632\">Camden sees its third fatal shooting victim in June after a homicide-free summer in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Taxing skill games has been discussed in budget deliberations for several years, though it never came together, in part because of differences of opinion in the GOP Senate caucus.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMaybe the court decision will spur people to get their act together,\u201d Farry, who is up for reelection in the fall, said in an interview. \u201cWe have a pathway.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Shapiro has proposed taxing skill games at 52%, the same rate casinos pay for slot-machine proceeds. Last year, the Senate GOP proposed a tax rate of 35% on the machines.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>When a transit funding deal failed to come together in 2025, SEPTA raised fares and slashed service, eliminating 32 bus routes outright, until a Philadelphia court ordered it to restore cuts in service.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Shapiro then allowed SEPTA to use $394 million of reserved capital money in a state trust fund to pay to operate the transit system for two years; ironically that was the same maneuver behind the GOP\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, this year, paratransit and shared-ride services are in trouble throughout the state and transit systems in Lancaster, Westmoreland County and the Lehigh Valley are considering service cuts.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe know that the rural-urban divide is manufactured, and that a public good, like transit, touches us all,\u201d said Connor Descheemaker, statewide campaign manager for Transit for All PA.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1630\">Jefferson Einstein nurses sign a new contract with raises, more staffing<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimistic assessments say that taxing skill games at the same as rate casino slots could generate up to $1 billion a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Could a Pa. 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