Starting this week, Monday mornings mean a state-by-state lap around every active distributed gaming market we track — Pennsylvania, Illinois, Virginia, Missouri, Georgia, Texas and more.

Rep. Russ Diamond's skill-games package still has no bill number, 13 days after he promised it “within the next week.” Three PA bills exist. None is moving.

Top story: Pennsylvania, 20 days out — still three bills, still no floor movement, and the "no plan in the budget" problem is now three months old.

Pennsylvania State Police say skill games must be physically removed by Oct. 13, not unplugged. Some operators plan to leave the cabinets in place, and that gap could cost bars their liquor licenses.

Nine proposals, zero votes, 19 days. Every Pennsylvania skill-games bill compared on tax, caps and eligibility, and why we put a 70% chance on machines coming out in October.