Matt Coles
With over 17 years of experience in affiliate marketing and SEO, Matt Coles has helped businesses maximize online visibility and achieve organic growth. Since 2007, Matt has held leadership roles across the online gambling industry, driving innovation and delivering measurable results.
Cheryle Shepstone
With nearly two decades of experience in content, SEO, and operational leadership, Cheryle has built and managed multiple affiliate networks. She helps scale initiatives. She’s passionate about big ideas, moving quickly, and making sure every decision is rooted in the audience.
Marcus Di Nitto
Marcus DiNitto has covered sports business for 30 years and the gambling industry for nearly 15. He’s been managing editor at SportsBusiness Daily, Sporting News and Gaming Today, director of content for a licensed sportsbook and produced content for top global brands. Marcus earned his MBA from UNC-Charlotte in 2001 and is involved in multiple entrepreneurial endeavors. Despite this dry bio, he’s pretty funny, too.
Cole Rush
Cole Rush has been in the gambling industry orbit for more than 10 years. His work spans the entire gambling ecosystem, including sports betting, sweepstakes gaming, lottery, and online casinos. Cole relishes writing about the weird and wacky corners of the gambling world, but he happily covers the usual suspects as well.
Valerie Cross
Valerie Cross, Ph.D., is a seasoned editor, writer, and content strategist with a passion for the iGaming industry. With over seven years of experience crafting compelling content in gambling, poker, sports betting, and affiliate marketing, Valerie has honed her expertise in bringing timely, engaging, and data-driven stories to life.
Martin Green
Martin Green is an experienced writer who has covered the online casino, poker, and sports betting industry since 2011. He spent five years working for William Hill before beginning a career in journalism. His qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in English Literature, a master’s degree in creative writing, and a National Qualification in Journalism.
Nicole Myslik
Nicole is our go-to expert for ensuring our pages are always accurate. She is a pro at creating dynamic, user-friendly pages so you can find what you need. With a keen eye for detail, Nicole handles weekly and monthly content updates and fact-checks information.
Sadonna Price
As a writer, Sadonna strives to provide honest and real information with no sugarcoating. She has worked with several top research sites in the industry, providing the essential details for players interested in iGaming.
Dan Holmes
Dan launched his first website in the 1990s. He has written more than 4 million words for the internet and print. He previously worked for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Major League Baseball, and minor league baseball as a producer and writer. His writing has appeared in The Athletic, Sporting News, Detroit Free Press, The Oklahoman, and Wall Street Journal. He has nearly a decade of experience covering the gaming industry in the United States.
Grant Lucas
A longtime and award-winning journalist, Grant moved from general sports reporting to covering the legalization of sports betting and online casino gaming in 2018 and has since established himself as a reliable and go-to source on the industry, covering and becoming an expert on the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York markets – among others – during that time.
Christopher Feery
Sharing knowledge with readers is one of Chris’ passions. He does so in various ways, with reviews, how-to guides, analysis, news, and more. Christopher aims to keep things simple while serving as a trusted resource for online players.
Derek Helling
Derek Helling is a journalist who has covered the gaming industry for many publications since 2018. His coverage emphasizes the intersections of gambling with the business of entertainment, the evolution of the legal landscape, technology’s shaping of gaming, and the impact of gambling on society. When he isn’t working on his next story, he enjoys traveling with his wife and spoiling their pair of Munchkin cats.
Erin Flynn Jay
Erin Flynn Jay is a freelance reporter based in Philadelphia. Since 2023, she has covered mortgage and housing news for The Mortgage Note. Other recent writing includes Bucks County Beacon, Metro Philly and Woman’s World Magazine. She wrote for PlayPA from 2022-23.
Rasha Aly
Rasha Aly is an expert editor and writer with nearly two decades of experience in journalism. She has written for well-known publications, including The Guardian and Business Insider. Her career highlights include working for The Sandusky Register and for The Desert Sun (California), where she wrote about multiple topics, from education to crime. She also led media strategy when she worked with the Taft Research Center, a local educational nonprofit.