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Philadelphia officials are waging war on unlicensed slot parlors in corner stores

Unregulated gambling machines have proliferated in Philly’s poorest neighborhoods. City Council is considering a ban in most businesses.

Damaar Pack plays gaming machines inside Kensington Grocery Store on Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia. A concentration of storefronts along the avenue feature machines that a City Council bill wants to ban.
Damaar Pack plays gaming machines inside Kensington Grocery Store on Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia. A concentration of storefronts along the avenue feature machines that a City Council bill wants to ban.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer