PRINTER'S NO. 712
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.696
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, HILL-EVANS, NEILSON, SANCHEZ AND
D. WILLIAMS, FEBRUARY 21, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, FEBRUARY 21, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further
providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of
slot machines.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1207(19) and 1210(a)(2) of Title 4 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1207. Regulatory authority of board.
The board shall have the power and its duties shall be to:
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(19) Authorize an employee of the board to approve, deny
or condition a request to decrease the number of slot
machines in operation at a licensed facility. An employee may
not approve a requested decrease in the number of slot
machines under this paragraph if the requested decrease
exceeds 2% of the total number of slot machines in operation
at a licensed facility. [ Except as provided under paragraph
(20), at no time shall the number of slot machines in
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19 operation at a Category 1 or Category 2 licensed facility be
less than 1,500 or less than 250 slot machines at a Category
3 licensed facility. ]
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§ 1210. Number of slot machines.
(a) Initial complement.--Except as provided for Category 3
slot machine licensees under section 1305 (relating to Category
3 slot machine license) or a Category 4 slot machine licensee
under section 1305.1 (relating to Category 4 slot machine
license), the following apply:
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[(2) Each slot machine licensee shall be required to
operate and make available to play a minimum of 1,500 slot
machines at its licensed facility within one year of the
issuance by the board of a slot machine license to the slot
machine licensee. The board, upon application and for good
cause shown, may grant an extension for an additional period
ending on the later of 36 months from the end of the initial
one-year period or December 31, 2012 .]
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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