J.R. Duren has covered the gambling beats for more than a dozen states for Catena Media since 2015. His past reporting experience includes two years at the Villages Daily Sun, and he is a first-place winner at the Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism Contest.
In a harshly worded letter to Gov. Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania casinos asked him to shut down the iLottery bc it is offering casino-style games in their eyes.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board renewed the casino license for Sands Bethlehem Casino. The property is soon changing hands, as Sands sold it to Wind River earlier this year.