Two Western Pennsylvania-based amusement companies have agreed to dissolution and forfeiture of $5 million in assets as part of the plea resolution
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has shut down two amusement companies that were found to have distributed nearly 400 illegal gambling devices in several western Pennsylvania counties.
Buffalo Skills Games and J.J. Amusement pleaded guilty this week to felony corrupt organization charges for the widespread distribution of hundreds of illegal video gaming devices.
Both companies have agreed to dissolution and the forfeiture of $5 million in assets, as part of the plea resolution.
Investigators seized nearly 400 illegal gambling devices from more than 60 locations in several western Pennsylvania counties.
“This resolution secures a multimillion-dollar forfeiture for the Commonwealth, while assuring the companies will cease to exist,” said Attorney General Sunday. “I commend our partners at the Pennsylvania State Police for helping disband a large-scale operation that involved slot machines essentially dressed up as skill games.”
The Pennsylvania State Police assisted in a series of seizures in 2024 at bars, gas stations, and convenience stores in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Crawford, Indiana, Somerset, Venango, Erie, Washington, Armstrong, and Westmoreland counties.
“Illegal gambling operations are not victimless crimes,” continued Attorney General Sunday. “They can fuel criminal enterprises, exploit individuals addicted to gambling, and rip off consumers with games that are not regulated, provide little or no chance of winning, and do not comply with gambling self-exclusion lists intended to protect those struggling with addiction.”
This case was prosecuted by the Office of Attorney General’s Gaming Enforcement Section.