About the Author
Alex Weldon
Who is Alex Weldon?
Alex Weldon is an expert on regulated US online gambling who serves as the Casino News Managing Editor for Bonus.com. He began writing about the online gambling industry professionally in 2014. Prior to that, he was a semi-professional poker player, board game designer and video game writer.
Working for Catena Media, he has also served as Managing Editor at Online Poker Report and contributed to PlayUSA, Michigan Sharp and NJGamblingSites.
Before joining Catena, he wrote for Part Time Poker and managed the GameIntel Poker Update, a subscription newsletter for industry executives, tracking and explaining changes in poker site traffic. A degree in astrophysics from Queen’s University has provided him with a solid mathematical foundation for analyzing gambling trends in a quantitative way.
Alex provides insightful content on the regulated online casino and poker industries, with an emphasis on legislation, regulation, responsible gambling and business strategy. His writing about poker has been cited by The Atlantic and has earned him multiple nominations for the American Poker Awards over the years.
Alex Weldon in the Media
- How New Federal Compact Rules Affect Future Of Tribal Online Gaming, Pechanga.net, Feb 29, 2024
- Dawn Wotapka’s Media Movers: Alex Weldon of Bonus, Talking Biz News, Nov 1, 2022
- Get to Know the Poker Media: Alex Weldon, Cardplayer Lifestyle, Aug 15, 2016
- Thinking Poker Podcast, Episode 135, Aug 4, 2015
Citations
- New Haven Register, Oct 11, 2023
- WSJ reports alleges disgraced UltimateBet attorney played larger role in FTX’s misuse of funds, Poker.org, July 1, 2023
- Chess is Just Poker Now, The Atlantic, Sep 17, 2022
- Flutter ‘Wholly Surprised’ by Bombshell $1.3 Billion Kentucky Supreme Court Ruling, Poker Industry Pro, Dec 18, 2020
- Poker’s Newest Face, University of Rochester, Sep 2014
Top Bonus.com Articles by Alex Weldon
- Skillz Accuses AviaGames of Using Bots to Cheat Users Amid Patent Lawsuit, Nov 15, 2023
- Penn State Study Shows Impact of Regulated Gambling on Black Market, March 30, 2023
- Projection: US Online Casino Revenue to Approach $6.5 Billion in 2023, Jan 31, 2023
- Gambling Advertising Overload Hurts the Chances of Further Expansion, Dec 21, 2022
- ‘I Should Have Won by Now!’ – The Mathematics of Losing Streaks, Nov 7, 2022
- The Chess World’s Latest Cheating Scandal Has Parallels to Poker, Sep 13, 2022
- Is Cryptocurrency Speculation Just Another Form of Unregulated Gambling?, July 28, 2022
Other Writing by Alex Weldon
- US Online Casinos Will Earn $7.8B This Year — 2024 Market Forecast, PlayUSA, Jan 8, 2024
- The Complex Reality Behind Problem Gambling Calls, PlayUSA, March 12, 2023
- CRYSTAL BALL: Catena Media Team Forecasts the Future of the US Online Poker Market, USPoker, June 24, 2020
Social Media & Professional Profiles
- Alex Weldon on Twitter (@benefactumgames)
- Alex Weldon on LinkedIn
- Alex Weldon on MuckRack
- Alex Weldon on BoardGameGeek
- Alex Weldon on MobyGames
- Alexander Weldon on IMDB (not to be confused with the visual effects artist of the same name)
Latest articles
Maverick Gaming Persists With Appeal Though Higher Court Sentiment Appears to Be With Tribes
Washington cardroom operator Maverick Gaming will persist in its attempt to undermine the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), even though the odds appear to be more against it than ever. Maverick would like to offer sports betting in Washington and has challenged the law awarding exclusivity over such gambling to the state’s gaming tribes. Although District Court Judge David […]
Unibet’s Upgraded Platform Now Available in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
After a period of downtime on July 10, Unibet Pennsylvania is back up and running, now using the latest online casino and sportsbook platform from owner Kindred Group. Unibet made the same upgrade for New Jersey players in May. That means the company has now rolled out the new platform in both its US online casino markets. […]
Study of 100,000 Online Gamblers Shows Live Dealer Games Correlate With High Risk
Slots are the gambling product most strongly associated with addictive behavior, but a new study of online gamblers in the United Kingdom suggests that some live dealer games aren’t far behind. Researchers from the UK and Australia teamed up with Kindred Group to assess the behavior of 100,000 UK users of Kindred’s Unibet brand of casino and sports betting […]
WSOP Main Event Draws 10,043 Entries, Sets First Attendance Record Since 2006
With late registration now closed, the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event has set a new attendance record with 10,043 entries. In doing so, it has ended a 17-year slump and shown that even if online poker’s glory days are over, the live game is alive and well. Late registration was available until partway […]
Toronto Retail Worker Finds the ‘One Ring’ – a Unique Magic: the Gathering Card Worth Millions
One lucky Ontarian will soon be millions of dollars richer, having found the one-of-a-kind “One Ring” in a pack of Magic: the Gathering cards. Wizards of the Coast (WotC), which publishes the game, included the special card in its latest Tolkien-themed game expansion as a promotion. The customer who found the card has chosen to […]
New Jersey Online Casinos Officially Receive Five-Year Extension
On June 30, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill 2190 into law, officially extending the state’s online casino legislation for another five years. That means that New Jersey iGaming can continue until at least November 2028 but will need a further extension before then. The five-year extension represents a compromise between the Senate Budget […]
Rhode Island Online Poker Unlikely Due to Live Dealer Requirement
Technically speaking, online poker became legal in Rhode Island alongside online casino gaming, but the odds of it becoming a reality are effectively zero under the current law. Much of the discussion about Rhode Island online poker has focused on its small population and the need for traffic sharing to make poker economically feasible. However, […]
New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee Amends iGaming Extension Again, Now Proposing Five More Years
While it’s unlikely that New Jersey legislators will let the state’s online casino law expire in November, the length of the extension is still up in the air. New Jersey online casinos launched in November 2013, and the law authorizing them was given a 10-year time limit. Assemblyman Ralph Caputo’s bill A-2190 originally would have […]
NJ Assembly Budget Committee Wants Two More Years of Online Casinos, Not Ten
New Jersey’s need to grant its legal online casinos a 10-year extension seemed like a mere legislative formality, but the Assembly Budget Committee has added a wrinkle to the plot by amending the bill to extend the state’s iGaming law by only two years. The companion bill had already emerged from the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee with the full extension […]
Notorious UltimateBet Lawyer Dan Friedberg Potentially Implicated in FTX Investigation
Lawyer Dan Friedberg, whose reputation was tarnished in online poker’s biggest scandal over a decade ago, may also be implicated in deceptions carried out by failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Friedberg worked for UltimateBet during its super-user cheating scandal and subsequent implosion and was caught on tape assisting Russ Hamilton in his attempts to salvage the situation. More recently, he served […]
