CASH-PRIZE MACHINES.
BUSINESS. REGULATION.
No official tally says how many states allow cash-prize skill machines in 2026. Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruling and Georgia's shift to gift-card redemption both shrank the count this year.
A plain-language walkthrough of how Texas House committee hearings on skill-game and eight-liner bills actually work, from notice requirements to witness registration and public records.
In Texas, whether a machine is legally a skill game depends on Penal Code 47.01's chance-in-any-part test, not on branding, and two conflicting 2026 rulings prove it.
Separate Virginia's April veto, proposed licensing language and the current statutory definitions before relying on a supplier's operating claim.
The Texas amusement-device exception limits reward types as well as wholesale value. A $5 headline leaves out conditions that matter.
A practical reading order for Texas statutes, tax records, bills and court decisions, and a method for matching each source to the actual equipment.