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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
Hard Rock Bristol is ready to start construction on its permanent location for the casino, hotel, and entertainment venue
From 9 a.m. the day before Thanksgiving through 11:59 p.m., Maryland's online sports betting launch recorded 16.5M geolocation transactions.
Next month, Century Casino will break ground on its Caruthersville, Missouri casino. The casino will move into a pavilion and add a hotel.
Bally's CEO Lee Fenton confirmed in a Q3 earnings call that the company is willing to replace the Tropicana Las Vegas with a new MLB stadium.
During a Q3 earnings call, DraftKings stated it hopes to launch the Golden Nugget online casino in Pennsylvania in the "back half" of 2023.
This week, the Virginia Lottery granted a casino license to Rivers Casino Portsmouth. The $300M Virginia casino plans to open in early 2023.