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J.R. has covered gaming for more than a decade. He has more than 500 news bylines at PlayUSA alone.
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J.R. Duren is a news specialist for PlayUSA and has covered all forms of gambling for more than a dozen states for Catena Media since 2015. His past reporting experience includes two years at the Villages Daily Sun and a stint as a writer for CBS News. He is a first-place winner at the Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism Contest. J.R. currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
J.R. has covered gaming for more than a decade. He has more than 500 news bylines at PlayUSA alone.
J.R. has served as an editor and reporter at a daily newspaper and at prominent personal finance sites such as Investopedia and CNN Underscored.
He's won three Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism awards.
Breaking news on gambling revenue, iGaming legislation, state launches of legal betting products
If Florida ever legalized online casinos, it would instantly become the biggest iGaming market in the country.
The prospect of California becoming an online casino state would redefine how we look at iGaming revenue. We estimate it could reach $1 billion a month.
The North Carolina Lottery and IGT's new contract is set to start in 2027. The entities have partnered since 2006.
Following a slow July, Louisiana land-based, riverboat, and race-track casinos saw August on fire. Revenue rose 7.7% to $192.7M in August.
August revenue for Kansas casinos was up 6.3% over July, rising to $35.9M. Legal online casinos could bring the state over $40M a month.
Missouri casinos generated $163.4M in August, marking the second straight month revenue was up. Total revenue rose 5.6% compared to July.