New Year, No Dog Racing: Florida Says Goodbye to Greyhound Tracks
In 2018, Florida voters passed Amendment 13. A result of that decision came to fruition Dec. 31, 2020, as the last dog racing tracks in the state closed for good.
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 2018, Florida voters passed Amendment 13. A result of that decision came to fruition Dec. 31, 2020, as the last dog racing tracks in the state closed for good.
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