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Alex Weldon

Alex Weldon

Alex Weldon is an online gambling industry analyst with nearly ten years of experience. He currently serves as Casino News Managing Editor for Bonus.com, part of the Catena Media Network. Other gambling news sites he has contributed to include PlayUSA and Online Poker Report, and his writing has been cited in The Atlantic.

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.

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West Flagler to Fight Battle on Two Fronts With Immediate Petition to Florida Supreme Court

September 27, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

West Flagler Associates has petitioned the Florida Supreme Court to issue a writ of quo warranto to Governor Ron DeSantis. The casino operator argues that DeSantis overstepped the authority of his office in signing the gaming compact that allowed the Seminole Tribe to offer online sports betting throughout the state. On June 30, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia […]

Cyberattacks Over for MGM & Caesars, But the Lawsuits Are Just Beginning

September 26, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment are each facing multiple proposed class action lawsuits over the customer data allegedly compromised in the cyberattacks against the two companies earlier this month. To Bonus’s knowledge, there are two such suits against MGM and four against Caesars so far. All are federal suits filed in Nevada District Court, […]

Bonus Q&A: Talking FanDuel Faceoff’s First Year With Aaron Champagne

September 21, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

Earlier this month, FanDuel marked the first anniversary of the debut of Pat McAfee Field Goal Faceoff, the first bespoke sports-themed title for its FanDuel Faceoff skill games platform. The platform itself had launched in March 2022, featuring an array of off-the-shelf titles from FanDuel’s partner, GameTaco. Since then, FanDuel has expanded the Faceoff catalog to a dozen games, including several new […]

Poker Player Rob Mercer’s Cancer-Faking Scam Makes Mainstream News

September 21, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

CBS News, the Daily Mail, and other mainstream outlets have picked up a story broken by the Las Vegas Review-Journal (LVRJ) in which amateur poker player Rob Mercer confessed what many have long believed: That his claims of having terminal Stage 4 colon cancer were faked to solicit donations from well-meaning peers in the poker community. Mercer ran a […]

MGM Getting Back to Normal Following Cyberattack, May Receive Insurance Payout

September 20, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

MGM Resorts International announced this morning, Sep. 20, that most of its operations are back to normal following over a week of disruptions caused by a cyberattack. The company’s website went down early last week, along with many network-reliant services at its brick-and-mortar properties. In a statement on its account on X (formerly Twitter), the company […]

MGM & Caesars Investors Unfazed as ALPHV Hacker Group and Casinos Issue Statements

September 15, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment have both issued statements confirming they’ve suffered social engineering or cybercrime attacks. Now, one of the hacking groups apparently involved has issued its own statement. However, investors in the companies don’t seem to be particularly concerned, as their stock prices have only taken a slight dip over the past week. MGM suffered the more […]

Caesars Palace Online Casino to Push Lady Luck Retail Brand With Custom Slot

September 14, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

Caesars has announced the launch of Lady Luck Casino Egyptian Magic, its second exclusive reskin of a classic slot for its standalone Caesars Palace Online Casino. It’s an adaptation of Bragg Gaming’s popular Egyptian Magic but featuring new visuals that promote the Lady Luck brand. It follows Caesars Cleopatra, a modification of IGT’s Cleopatra to promote the eponymous […]

Flutter Rebrands PokerStars VR as Vegas Infinite, Shifts Focus Away From Poker

September 13, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

PokerStars VR, the virtual-reality, play-money poker game, has undergone a change in branding and focus, becoming Vegas Infinite and offering players a more complete metaverse casino experience. Although poker will remain a significant part of the game, it’s now just one attraction in a virtual gambling city. Per the press release, the new game incorporates “expertise and insight” […]

Florida Sports Betting to Resume as DC Circuit Denies West Flagler Rehearing

September 12, 2023 | By: Alex Weldon

Online sports betting in Florida could be underway again as early as next week as the DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request by West Flagler Associates for a rehearing en banc. In its ruling, the Circuit Court had anticipated the request and included the provision that the Seminole Tribe’s Hard Rock Sportsbook could not resume operations until seven days after the […]

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