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Aftermath Interactive and Hensel Grad agree to develop US skill-based poker game

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Aftermath Interactive and Pennsylvania gaming law firm Hensel Grad agreed to develop a skill-based poker game for the US market, the companies announced. The project will build on Aftermath’s free-to-play Hands of Victory, with Hensel Grad advising on a pay-to-enter version intended to qualify as a game of skill under state laws. The companies did not specify a launch date.

The agreement combines game development and legal advice as the partners explore a pay-to-enter poker product for US state markets.

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Pennsylvania lawmakers propose framework as skill game ban approaches on 13 October

Pennsylvania lawmakers have issued matching memoranda proposing a framework to keep skill game machines operating. The outlet said businesses must remove the machines by 13 October 2026, but attributed the underlying ruling to Virginia’s Supreme Court.

Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have released two matching co-sponsorship memoranda, House Memo 49310 and Senate Memo 49312, proposing a regulatory framework to keep skill game machines in operation, according to the memoranda. The proposals come ahead of a removal deadline of 13 October 2026 for businesses hosting the machines.

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