About the Author
Heather Fletcher
Who Is Heather Fletcher?
Heather Fletcher is the lead writer at Bonus, concentrating on online casino coverage. She specializes in breaking news, legislative coverage, and gambling marketing strategy overviews. Fletcher was part of the team that earned the 2022 SBC North America Casino Affiliate of the Year honor.
Fletcher came to Catena Media, the parent company of Bonus, from a newspaper and magazine background. In March 2021, Fletcher began writing about online casino gambling as the lead writer for Online Poker Report. After Catena retired that online publication, she moved to Bonus and had bylines on other Catena sites, including MichiganSharp, NY Sports Day, and the now-retired NJGamblingSites. Fletcher is also a New York Times contract freelance reporter for the National Desk. She covers breaking news from Philadelphia, as needed.
Fletcher’s Top Stories on Bonus.com
- Red44 Shut Down, Seemingly Start of Crackdown on Offshore Betting Sites, Jan. 12, 2023
- Online Gambling Industry Can Rejoice: 2018 Interpretation of Wire Act Dead, Sept. 16, 2022
- Poker Players Amazed Dealer Didn’t Understand ‘Color Up’ Request, June 3, 2022
- Women and FanDuel Casino May Be a Better Couple Than ‘Break Up Win,’ Nov. 29, 2022
- Jackpot City Online Casino Debuts in Pennsylvania, Dec. 7, 2023
- 2024 Indiana, New Hampshire Online Casino Bills May Take Paths Less Traveled, July 24, 2023
Fletcher’s Citations and Interviews Include:
- Straight to the Point, Citation, Affiliates Ignore Rhode Island Online Casino Launch, March 7, 2024
- The Closing Line, Citation, Sports Betting and Online Casino Legislation Update: March 1, March 1, 2024
- The Law Office of Elissa D. Hecker, Link to Articles, This Week in New York Gambling News, Feb. 23, 2024
- Poker News Daily, Citation, New York Online Poker Bill Not Included in Governor’s Budget Plan, Jan. 17, 2024
- Straight to the Point, Citation, Iowa iCasino Unlikely in 2024, Feb. 1, 2024
- Eilers & Krejcik Gaming Consulting and Market Research, Citation, US Sports Betting Policy Monitor, Jan. 4, 2024
- National Association of Administrators for Disordered Gambling Services (NAADGS), Podcast, Citation, 2023 Year in Review, Dec. 28, 2023
- Brown Political Review, Citation, Wheel of Misfortune, Dec. 3, 2023
- Earnings+More, Citation, The Future Is Murky for Esports Betting, Nov. 28, 2023
- Sharpr, Citation, Kentucky Says ‘Yes’ to Esports Betting, Aug. 3, 2023
- 77WABC, Interview, The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano, July 6, 2023
- The Center Square, Interview, Online Gambling Could Be Next for Illinois’ Expanding Industry, April 21, 2023
- Indiana Capital Chronicle, Citation, Momentum Grows for Legal iGaming, Jan. 3, 2023
Fletcher’s Top Stories Across the Web
- The New York Times, This Wedding Is Brought to You by …, June 11, 2006
- Adweek, Online Casinos Join the Streaming Wars With Branded Live Dealers, April 29, 2022
- Adweek, These Innovative Campaigns and Execs Delivered Results and Accountability When It Mattered Most, March 21, 2021
- NY Sports Day, State of New York Sportsbooks Hearing: How Are We Doing?, Jan. 24, 2023
- The News-Herald, Tenant Issues Swirl Around Shoregate, June 2, 2000
Social Media & Professional Profiles
To reach Fletcher with a news tip, email her at [email protected].
Latest articles
PlayFallsview Is the First Foray of an Ontario Land-Based Casino Into the Online Space
PlayFallsview is the first iGaming site in Ontario to grow out of one of the province’s brick-and-mortar gambling establishments, the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls. The app enters the Ontario iGaming market with online casino gambling that includes live dealer products. PlayFallsview also consists of an online sportsbook. iGaming Ontario (iGO) lauded PlayFallsview in […]
Betway Ends Its Gray Market Status in Canada
Betway Canada‘s Twitter bio says it all: “Ontario only, 19+.” That’s notable because, until Tuesday, Betway was one of the country’s most prominent gray market online gambling operators. On Tuesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) congratulated Malta-based Betway for completing its nearly four-month-long regulatory journey. Now, Betway offers legal online casino, live casino, esports, and sports betting in […]
Evolution Rolls Out Dice Games – Pennsylvania Gets Them First
Evolution is rolling the dice for the first time. Today, the gambling vendor best known for supplying US online casino operators with live dealer products and services is debuting live dealer craps in Pennsylvania. At noon, live dealers will start offering the games in one of the largest US live dealer studios in the Malta-based […]
Last-Minute Online Mega Millions Ticket Buyers Find Savior in Jackpocket
Last-minute Mega Millions wannabe billionaires are buying tickets online through the lottery ticket app Jackpocket. Here’s the scenario: It’s right before the Mega Millions jackpot drawing for $1.1 billion. The wannabe lottery winner clicks through to the Mega Millions site, selects the “where to play” tab, and picks her part of the US map. Now on […]
DraftKings Black Throne Studios Aids In-House Tech Stack Reign
DraftKings Black Throne Studios (BTS) is the latest online casino game development service the Boston-based online gambling operator is creating. Stephen Miraglia, DraftKings senior communications director, tells Bonus.com: In terms of in-house game development, we’ve been doing that for a while now. His comment on Tuesday comes after other industry publications speculated that BTS will […]
Bally’s Stock Dips Upon News That It Plans to Buy Back $107 Million in Shares
Shortly after Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY) announced it planned to buy back nearly $107 million of its stock today, those shares began slumping. In the US online casino world, Bally’s is known for Bally Casino and Bally Bet, its online sportsbook. It also owns 14 US retail casinos, Gamesys Group, and Bally Interactive. In the […]
Ontario’s Online Gambling Market Is Still Growing
Almost four months and 44 Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) approvals into the launch of Ontario’s expanded iGaming marketplace, and would-be online gambling operators still want to join. By the end of July, Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment (MGE) hopes to be the “first bricks and mortar” entity to launch an online gambling site […]
Online Gambling Insiders Talk Retention, Despite Customer Acquisition-Mode Market
Maybe it’s wishful thinking in such a competitive online casino startup marketplace, but North American online gambling insiders are loving the word “retention” lately. That’s such a sober term for a market drunk on customer acquisition marketing spending. In January, it seemed like only BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt was urging online casino operators to rein […]
RI Casino Workers at Bally’s Twin River Unlikely to Strike Tomorrow
More than 200 workers at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort who were considering walking off of the job will likely ratify their contracts tomorrow. Members of the Unite Here Local 26 union voted on June 28 to go on strike if the negotiations weren’t fruitful. However, union spokeswoman Lynette Ng tells Bonus.com today: The Union reached […]
FanDuel Casino Push Expands With Branded Live Dealer Studios
The FanDuel Casino live dealer studio first welcomes players with its ambiance. Soft, blue lighting reminds online gamblers that they’re entering the brand’s space. Framed images of NBA and NFL players in action are outnumbered by FanDuel logos affixed to walls and nine dealer tables. Blue boundary lines mark the flooring that resembles a basketball court. […]
