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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
Online gambling and state lottery are missing in Nevada but may never be welcome to the local casino industry either.
The team of eight thieves who stole from the Florida casino included casino techs familiar with its gaming system.
After three months of commercial casino gaming in Nebraska, tax revenue is on the verge of passing $2 million.
Maverick's acquisition of Evergreen Gaming Corporation adds four Washington card rooms to its portfolio. The company now runs 22 card rooms.
Michigan ($141M), New Jersey ($147M), and Pennsylvania ($152M) each posted record online casino revenue numbers in October 2022.
The MLGCA fined BetMGM $146,000 for accidentally taking live bets during a demonstration before being issued its sports betting license.