Unregulated gaming devices proliferating across Pennsylvania are cutting into player demand – and state revenue – according to comments at a Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) Wednesday.

Under oath, two senior Mount Airy Casino executives cited unfair competition from unlicensed gambling devices as a major reason there is lessening demand for their slots. They explained that the regulatory body allowed them to eliminate 130 older and less-used slot machines.

Frank Leone, the casinos’ chief operating officer, said the unregulated machines have had a “material effect on land-based slots.”

A legal representative for the casino told the board unregulated games numbers “can range from 20k-50k across the Commonwealth. There is no question in my mind it has a negative impact on land-based slot revenue.”