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
Online Gambling Revenue Figures for May Show Summer Slowdown Has Begun
We’ve become accustomed to headlines about legal online gambling states setting monthly revenue records. They’re so common as to have become repetitive. However, you won’t see any such headlines for US online casinos this month. Essentially all* states with legal online casinos have seen daily average gross gaming revenue (DAGGR) drop from April to May. […]
Meet Your New Bonus.com Contributors, Moving From Online Poker Report
Since 2020, Bonus.com has been the place for honest online casino and sportsbook reviews and transparent information about bonus offers. Starting today, we’re also aiming to be your go-to source for insight into the regulated US online casino industry. We’ve expanded our team to make this happen. What that means is that all of the […]
Florida: A Case Study In How Regulatory Half-Measures Create Chaos
Florida Politics reported this week that a gaming lobbyist for the Seminole Tribe is pressuring the newly-formed Florida Gaming Control Commission (GCC) to intervene on the subject of so-called gray machines. The GCC had its first full, five-member meeting on Wednesday. Florida Politics quoted Marc Dunbar as having urged the commission to “communicate its existence” […]
BetMGM Poker Championship Final Table To Take Place In PokerGO Studio
Major tournaments with huge guaranteed prize pools remain one of poker’s biggest draws for recreational poker players. Cash games may present the most consistent revenue stream for pros and poker rooms alike, but they don’t offer the possibility to win life-changing money off of an affordable buy-in. Of course, the marketing value of big tournaments […]
Canada’s Homegrown NorthStar Bets Plans To Try Its Hand At Online Poker
The Ontario online gambling market is a battleground. For now, it remains an open question who will have the upper hand: Major US brands, former offshore gray market operators, or homegrown companies. In that latter camp, you’ll find NorthStar Bets. This new brand is an offshoot of Torstar, a media company whose holdings include the Toronto […]
First Nations-Operated Saskatchewan Online Gambling Site To Use BCLC’s PlayNow Platform
These days, Ontario gets all the attention when it comes to regulated online gambling in Canada. However, it isn’t the only province trying to chart its own course in that regard. Saskatchewan is also attempting something unprecedented. Last September, the province announced that it had signed a new Gaming Framework Agreement with the Federation of […]
The Day Has Arrived! Michigan Joins The Multi-State Internet Poker Agreement
The day Michigan poker players have been waiting for has arrived! Late in the afternoon of April 6, the regulatory bodies of Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey made the joint announcement that the Wolverine State has been accepted into the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA). The three regulators made the announcement through their joint entity, […]
Understanding Ontario’s Online Gambling Plan, Part IV: The Revenue Question
There are a lot of good reasons to regulate online gambling, from a harm reduction and customer safety standpoint. Inevitably, though, a lot of the political conversation comes down to dollar figures. How much revenue would a legal market for such products add to public coffers? This series, therefore, wouldn’t be complete without an attempt […]
Understanding Ontario’s Online Gambling Plan, Part VII: Canada’s Future
There are few certainties in the gambling industry, as every market is different. At this point, there are still a number of ways things could play out for Ontario. It could: Lose a legal challenge and have to abandon the plan or go back to the drawing board Survive such challenges, but still be a […]
Understanding Ontario’s Online Gambling Plan, Part I: The Canadian Status Quo
There’s considerable excitement around Ontario’s plan to privatize online gambling, but also a lot of confusion. The launch of the first sites operating under the new system will take place on April 4. However, many Canadians aren’t clear on the status of online gambling under Canadian law to begin with. Some may not know what […]
