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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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    Indiana Gaming Commission Executive Director Steps Down to Handle Legal & Gov. Affairs at Fliff

    September 6, 2024 | By: Alex Weldon

    Social sports prediction operator Fliff will soon have a new Head of Legal and Government Affairs in Greg Small, who currently serves as the Executive Director for the Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC). Small announced his jump from the regulatory world to the industry side of things on LinkedIn earlier this week. His last day with the IGC will be September 20. […]

    Virginia Online Instant Lottery Wagers Now Exceed Retail Sales

    September 5, 2024 | By: Alex Weldon

    Virginia is one of the more recent US states to have launched an iLottery, but its online sales already exceed the retail channel. The Virginia Lottery’s preliminary numbers for fiscal year 2024 indicate $5.52 billion in total sales for fiscal year 2024. Although it has not yet released its annual report, the Lottery Post reports that over $3 billion of that came through […]

    FanDuel Founder Nigel Eccles Files Amended Lawsuit, Detailing Alleged Conspiracy

    August 16, 2024 | By: Alex Weldon

    Nigel Eccles, the founder and former CEO of FanDuel, continues his years-long legal pursuit of the company and its institutional investors, KKR & Co. and Shamrock Capital Advisors. FanDuel was acquired by online gambling giant Flutter in 2018. Eccles claims the terms of that deal were not negotiated “at arm’s length” but instead calculated to cut himself and other common shareholders out of […]

    Ontario Considers International Player Pools for Online Poker & Daily Fantasy Sports

    August 14, 2024 | By: Alex Weldon

    Ontario residents may soon get to play online poker and daily fantasy sports (DFS) against global competition if the government gets its way. First, though, the province must determine whether that sort of international traffic-sharing is legal under Canadian federal law. The top international poker sites, like PokerStars and GGPoker, have thousands of concurrent users around the […]

    Papaya Games Goes on the Counterattack, Accuses Skillz of Bot Use & Deceptive Practices

    August 8, 2024 | By: Alex Weldon

    Papaya Games is attempting to turn the tables on Skillz, making claims of bot use that are very similar to Skillz’s original claims against Papaya. The countersuit, filed Monday, also accuses Skillz of defamation, deceit, and intellectual property violations. Skillz sued Papaya in March, alleging in court filings that it pits its players against house-operated “bots” […]

    Rounders II? Matt Damon Tells Rich Eisen He and Ed Norton Want to Do a Sequel

    August 2, 2024 | By: Alex Weldon

    The 1998 cult hit Rounders could get an extremely belated sequel, if the poker movie’s leading actors get their way. Matt Damon, who plays the protagonist Mike McDermott, told sportscaster and podcast host Rich Eisen that “everyone” involved in the original would like to see a Rounders 2, mentioning his costar Edward Norton specifically. Asked by Eisen which of his movies he’d would most like to revisit, […]

    Horseshoe Online Casino: Caesars Making Preparations for New Brand Launch in Michigan This September

    July 31, 2024 | By: Alex Weldon

    Michigan will soon see a new iGaming brand: Horseshoe Online Casino. It will replace WynnBet Casino, which operates in partnership with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Early indications are that customers can expect the brand to appear in September this year. Wynn Resorts abandoned its Michigan online casino in February, selling the assets and license to Caesars, which […]

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