Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. PPC Circus Bar Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) which reversed and set aside the Boards order imposing a fine of $250 on PPC Cir*116cus Bar, Inc. (PPC) for permitting gambling on licensed premises.1

A Board undercover agent testified before the trial court that, upon his arrival at PPCs premises at approximately 7:00 p.m. on July 16, 1983, he witnessed the barmaid playing an electronic poker machine (machine) and observed that the machine reflected that a “score” of between thirty to forty “free”…