Two Western Pennsylvania skill games manufacturers — Buffalo Skills Games and J.J. Amusement — have agreed to dissolve and forfeit $5 million in assets after pleading guilty to felony corrupt organizations charges in a case involving the distribution of hundreds of illegal gaming devices.

The case, which was prosecuted by the Gaming Enforcement Section of the Office of the Attorney General, stems from the 2024 seizure of nearly 400 illegal gambling devices from more than 60 locations in 12 Western Pennsylvania counties, including Butler.

“This resolution secures a multimillion-dollar forfeiture for the Commonwealth, while assuring the companies will cease to exist,” Attorney General Dave Sunday said in a news release. “I commend our partners at the Pennsylvania State Police for helping disband a large-scale operation that involved slot machines essentially dressed up as skill games.”

State police and the Office of the Attorney General joined forces in the seizure operation.

“Illegal gambling operations are not victimless crimes,” Sunday said. “They 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.”