THE FLOWER MOUND BRIEF
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The Flower Mound Bee
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A slot-style gaming terminal in a convenience store, the type targeted by the Paxton AG opinion
Public Safety

The AG Just Redrew the Line on Gambling Machines. Here's What It Means for Lewisville.

Ken Paxton's new legal opinion targets slot-style machines that bolt on a skill mini-game to stay legal. It's not a new law — but it hands local police a sharper weapon.

4 min · 2026-06-15
A row of eight-liner slot-style amusement machines in a Texas game room
Public Safety

The 'It's Basically Skill' Defense Just Got a Lot Harder to Make in Texas

AG Ken Paxton's new opinion closes the loophole operators were using to keep slot-style machines legal. Here's what it means in plain English — and what it means for machines near you.

4 min · 2026-06-13