Gara-garin Wasu Injunan 'Skill Games' A Pennsylvania Ya Hatsari A Ranar Oktoba Bayan Wani Babban Hukunci Na Kotun Koli

Garin Millheim da ke shiru, tare da mazauna 831, ya zama wani wuri na musamman a cikin wani yaki na biliyoyin daloli kan makomar caca a Amurka. Shekaru da dama, mazauna kamar David Peck sun samu kansu suna jan hankalinsu zuwa ga allunan walƙiya a gidajen mai da shagunan kayan abinci waɗanda ke kama da kuma yin sauti kamar injin ramummuka na gidan caca. Waɗannan na'urori, suna nuna taken kamar Lucky Leprechaun, sun mamaye wani yanki na shari'a mai ruɗani ta hanyar da'awar cewa cin nasara ya dogara ne akan ƙwarewar tunani maimakon sa'a. Koyaya, wata babbar shawara daga Kotun Koli ta Pennsylvania yanzu ta cire waɗannan injuna daga rigakafin su, wanda ke nuna babban canji a yanayin caca na jihar.

A watan Yuni na 2026, kotun ta yanke hukuncin cewa idan wata na'ura tana amfani da ita, ko da a wani bangare, don caca, dole ne a sanya ta a matsayin na'urar caca a ƙarƙashin dokar jihar. Wannan shawara ta ba wa majalisar dokokin jihar wani wa'adi: tsara da kuma ba da haraji ga waɗannan injuna nan da Oktoba 13, 2026, ko kuma za a ɗauke su ba bisa ka'ida ba kuma za a kwace su. Ga mutane kamar Peck, wanda ya bayar da rahoton asarar $60,000 sama da watanni shida, kasancewar waɗannan injuna a wuraren yau da kullun kamar Millheim Food Mart ya sa warkewa daga jaraba ta zama kusan ba zai yiwu ba. Ba kamar gidajen caca da aka tsara ba, waɗannan allunan a tarihi ba su da alaƙa da rajistar keɓewa kai, suna barin ƴan wasa masu rauni da ƴan tsirarun tsaro.

Adadi da gaskiya

Matakin masana'antar wasan ƙwarewa a Pennsylvania yana da ban mamaki. Hukumar Kula da Caca ta Jihar ta kiyasta cewa akwai injuna 70,000 zuwa 100,000 a halin yanzu. Wannan ya zarce yawan injunan ramummuka da aka tsara da aka samu a gidajen caca masu lasisi na jihar. Ga masu ƙananan kasuwancin, abin da ya sa kuɗi don ci gaba da injunan yana da girma. Jason Tickner, wanda ya buɗe shagon lambu a Millheim a 2024, ya bayyana cewa allunan suna bada 25 zuwa 30 na jimillar kuɗin shiga na shagonsa. Kuɗin da ake samu yawanci ana raba su ne tsakanin mai shago da masu sarrafa injuna, kamar Meile Amusements, bayan biyan kuɗi ga mai ƙera, Pace-O-Matic.

Koyaya, farashin zamantakewa yana ƙara bayyana. Josh Ercole, babban darektan Majalisar Caca ta Pennsylvania, ya bayyana cewa kungiyarsa tana samun kiran kusan 100 a kowace shekara daga mutane da ke ambaton wasannin ƙwarewa a matsayin babbar matsalar caca. Kasancewar waɗannan injuna a wuraren gama gari kamar wuraren wanki da shagunan taba yana kawar da shingen tunani wanda yawanci ke raba caca daga rayuwar yau da kullun, wani al'amari da masana kamar Farfesa Carolyn E. Hawley ke cewa yana rage hasashen cutarwar da aikin ke yi.

Tarihi

Labarin shari'ar ya fara ne a shekarar 2013 lokacin da rundunar 'yan sandan jihar Pennsylvania ta fara kwace injuna da kamfanin Pace-O-Matic na Georgia ya kera. Kamfanin ya yi karar neman a mayar masa da su, yana mai cewa wasannin sun dogara ne da basira, kamar tuno da tsarin don samun maki. Duk da cewa kotunan farko sun goyi bayan masana'antu a 2014 da 2023, sa hannun da Kotun Koli ta yi a yanzu ya rufe barakar. Masana'antar ta kashe miliyoyin daloli ga masu fafutuka don hana tsarin mulki, har ma yayin da damuwar kare lafiyar jama'a ke kara. A 2020, hadarin ya bayyana sosai lokacin da aka kashe wani ma'aikacin kantin sayar da kayayyaki a Hazleton yayin wani fashi da nufin samun kudi daga injunan wasan kwallon kafa.

"Ni maye ne, a bayyane. Sune hanyata ta tserewa daga komai." - David Peck, mai shigar da rufin kwalliya kuma mazaunin Millheim

Wasu jihohin sun dauki hanyoyi daban-daban game da lamarin. Virginia da North Carolina sun dauki matakin haramta injunan, yayin da Illinois da Georgia suka zabi su sarrafa su da kuma basu haraji. A Pennsylvania, rashin kulawa ya nuna cewa 'yan wasa a cikin jerin keɓewa na son rai na jihar har yanzu suna iya samun damar wasan kwallon kafa a tashar mai ta gida, koda kuwa an hana su yin amfani da aikace-aikacen kan layi da gidajen caca. Jennifer Gower, mai shekaru 54 a cikin gyara, ta bayyana injunan a matsayin masu 'dopamine rush' iri daya kamar aikace-aikacen gidan caca, duk da bambancin bayanan shari'ar su.

Me yasa yake da muhimmanci ga 'yan wasan Jamus

Ga 'yan wasa a Jamus, halin da ake ciki a Pennsylvania ya zama abin tunatarwa game da fa'idodin tsarin sarrafa tsakiya. A Jamus, Yarjejeniyar Jiha kan Caca ta 2021 (GlüStV 2021) ta tabbatar da cewa babu irin wadannan wuraren kanti na kasuwar baƙar fata da za su iya aiki a cikin kantin sayar da kayayyaki. Duk masu samarwa dole ne su sami lasisi daga Hukumar Haɗin Gwiwar Jihohi (GGL). 'Yan wasan Jamus suna kariya ta hanyar iyakoki na tilas, gami da iyakacin tarin Yuro 1 kowane juyawa da kuma iyakacin ajiya na Yuro 1,000 na wata-wata a duk dandamali ta hanyar tsarin LUGAS. Bugu da ƙari, tsarin OASIS yana samar da ingantaccen tsarin keɓewa na duniya wanda ya haɗa wuraren caca ta kan layi da na zahiri, wani abu da Pennsylvania ke ƙoƙarin magancewa yanzu.

Abin da yake nufi ga gidajen caca masu lasisin GGL

Masu lasisi a ƙarƙashin tsarin GGL na iya ganin ci gaban da ke faruwa a Pennsylvania a matsayin tabbatar da tsauraran ka'idojin kare ƴan wasa. Rufe "wasanni na kwallon kafa" da ke kwaikwayon caca yana nuna cewa hukumomin sarrafa duniya na kara rashin haƙuri ga samfuran da aka tsara don wuce dokokin kare masu amfani. Ga gidajen caca masu lasisin GGL, ci gaba da tsauraran matakan gaskiya da bin ka'idodin fasaha—kamar dokar daƙiƙa 5 tsakanin juyawa—ya kasance mafi kyawun kariyar daga haɗarin daraja da na shari'a da aka gani a kasuwannin da ba su da sarrafa. Yanke hukuncin Pennsylvania ya nuna cewa zamani na "boye" caca a wuraren da ba na al'ada ba yana ƙarewa.