Gambling machines at Pittsburgh grocery stores
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Games of skill are now in place at several local grocery stores.
Gambling and groceries all in one spot
Games of skill are now in place at several local grocery stores.
SOME GAMBLING AS WELL. SOMEONE HIT THE MINOR PRIZE, I THINK TWO DAYS AGO. IS $1,000. SITTING ON A BAR STYLE CHAIR. BETS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. WE’LL RAISE THAT TO GET THE THREE ACES AND THEN YOU WIN YOUR $10. HAPPY THANKSGIVING. YOU GOT IT. HAPPY THANKSGIVING. THANK YOU. HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY AND GROCERY IS AT YOUR BACK. I CAN’T SHOP IF YOU’RE SITTING OVER THERE GAMBLING, THOUGH, OR NOW YOU CAN COME IN. MAYBE. MAYBE HIT A JACKPOT AND GO PAY FOR YOUR GROCERIES. TOM KACZUROWSKYJ SAYS FAMILY RUN SHOP AND SAVE IN MT. WASHINGTON ADDED THESE MACHINES CLOSE TO A YEAR AGO NOW, AND HE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN A HIT. YEAH, THEY HIT PRETTY FREQUENTLY. THE PAYOUT ON THEM IS LIKE OVER 90%. THE GAMES HERE ARE ALLOWED BECAUSE THEY ARE GAMES OF SKILL DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES AT THE CASINO. THERE IS LEGISLATION PENDING THAT COULD CHANGE THIS, BUT FOR NOW THESE MACHINES ARE POPPING UP IN CONVENIENCE STORES, GAS STATIONS, AND NOW GROCERY STORES. I THINK PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY SEE AND THEY PUT A COUPLE OF BUCKS IN HOPING TO PAY FOR SOME CHRISTMAS GIFTS, I GUESS, OR SOMETHING. SHOP AND SAVE OWNER JIM KACZUROWSKYJ SAYS HE HAS SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN CUSTOMERS COMING FOR THE GAMES OR STOPPING AT THEM ON A WHIM. ME AND MY FRIENDS, WE SOMETIMES WHEN WE WALK PAST THEM, WE’LL USE THEM JUST LIKE IF WE HAVE THE FREE TIME. THEN DOING A LITTLE SHOPPING ON THE SIDE. COME TOMORROW, IT’S GOING TO BE A MADHOUSE. SO WHETHER OR NOT YOU DECIDE TO GAMBLE AND GROCERY SHOP ALL IN ONE SPOT, YOU WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SEE THESE MACHINES POPPING UP IN DIFFERENT SPO
Gambling and groceries all in one spot
Games of skill are now in place at several local grocery stores.
Gambling machines, called games of skill, are now in place at several local grocery stores. See the machines in the video above.Shop 'n Save in Pittsburgh's Mount Washington neighborhood added them close to a year ago."They put a couple of bucks in hoping to pay for some Christmas gifts, I guess, or something," grocery store owner Jim Kaczorowski said.The machines are allowed because they're different than those in the casino. There is legislation pending that could change the way the machines are run.
PITTSBURGH —
Gambling machines, called games of skill, are now in place at several local grocery stores.
See the machines in the video above.
Shop 'n Save in Pittsburgh's Mount Washington neighborhood added them close to a year ago.
"They put a couple of bucks in hoping to pay for some Christmas gifts, I guess, or something," grocery store owner Jim Kaczorowski said.
The machines are allowed because they're different than those in the casino.
There is legislation pending that could change the way the machines are run.
