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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
White Hat Studios announced its content is now available on the Caesars Sportsbook and Casino app in the Pennsylvania online casino market.
With the launch of Ohio sports betting on Sunday, health agencies are prepping for what will likely be an increase in problem gamblers
Gaming firm US Integrity announced a partnership with LIV Golf and will provide services including bet monitoring, compliance, and education.
The Mississippi Gaming Commission reported that casino revenue reached $219.8M in December, good enough for the second-highest total of 2023.
Louisiana gambling excelled in December, recording double-digit growth for riverboat and land-based casinos, racinos and online sportsbooks.
Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg introduced new legislation to allow legal gambling on Virginia college teams, except for prop bets.