Two Pennsylvania-based amusement companies have agreed to forfeit $5 million in assets and close down as part of a plea agreement made with Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday.
Both Buffalo Skill Games of Bridgeville and J.J. Amusement of Pittsburgh’s South Side pleaded guilty to a single felony count of operating a corrupt organization. They are owned by 62-year-old John Conley of Pittsburgh. The criminal complaint said that the two companies distributed illegal skill games at bars, gas stations and convenience stores in Indiana, Westmoreland, Armstrong and nine other counties that were illegal gambling machines that offered no “skill game” feature. Raids conducted in March of 2024 resulted in the seizure of the gaming machines along with $538,000.
In a statement, Sunday said that illegal gambling operations “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.”
The resulting forfeiture is the largest for a gaming enforcement case in Pennsylvania.
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