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
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Connecticut Launches Live Dealer Games, Evolution’s Jeff Millar Talks to Bonus.com
Connecticut‘s live dealer studios soft-launched today. If all goes well, the full launch will happen on July 18. Meanwhile, Bonus.com talked to the North American representative of the company behind the online casino gambling offering. Jeff Millar, Evolution’s North American commercial director, talked to Bonus.com about the Connecticut studio and more. Evolution provides the studio […]
2023 Illinois Online Casino Legalization Efforts Lose Prominent Advocate
Legislators who hope to legalize Illinois online casino gambling in 2023 are disheartened by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski’s primary election loss. However, online gambling advocates don’t expect the loss of his prominent voice to stall legislative efforts. Zalewski, D-Riverside, conceded defeat on June 28 to challenger Abdelnasser Rashid. Rashid, who won the Democratic primary by […]
RI Bally’s Casino Workers May Strike Next Week
Winds may shift next week when a union negotiating committee meets with Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort officials. One tack may steer the Rhode Island retail casino‘s workers toward a strike they authorized their union to call on June 28. A different maneuver may result in the committee and casino officials reaching a tentative […]
PokerStars Launches Legally in Ontario, Situation Unchanged for Rest of Canada
PokerStars made its relationship with the legal Ontario online poker market official today. Until now, the online poker operator had been serving Ontarians in a gray market capacity. The brand owned by Dublin-based Flutter Entertainment announced today that it received “full registration to operate” from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). AGCO listed PokerStars as […]
Sen. Joseph Addabbo Lays the Foundation for 2023 Online Casino Push in NY
New York lawmakers are laying the groundwork to legalize online casino gambling in 2023. In the latest move to spur the New York online casino effort along, Sen. Joseph Addabbo sent a press release yesterday to emphasize that a bill creating the Problem Gambling Advisory Council (PGAC) is only awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul‘s signature before […]
Bonus.com Q&A With Huddle: CEO Francesco Borgosano on Odds-Making, Trading
For US online sportsbooks, every second matters. To that end, some online gambling operators are investing in real-time odds-making and trading tools. Firmly within those software providers sits New York City-based Huddle Tech. Huddle CEO Francesco Borgosano recently spoke with Bonus.com about the growing field. At the moment, many online gambling operators are keeping their […]
Live Dealer Launches in West Virginia: BetRivers, DraftKings Offerings Already Online
West Virginians noticed something new in their online casino apps during the past fortnight. Two weeks ago, BetRivers Casino added live dealer games. DraftKings Casino added them today. That means that West Virginia online casinos are joining those in Michigan online casinos, New Jersey online casinos, and Pennsylvania online casinos in offering real-time table games […]
NorthStar Gaming, NorthStar Bets Parent, May Go Public Soon
Ontario’s expanded online gambling marketplace isn’t even three months old and there’s already a notable pending IPO. NorthStar Gaming, the parent company of NorthStar Bets, is pursuing a plan to go public through a reverse takeover of Baden Resources. The news didn’t come from NorthStar, though. NorthStar Bets is an online casino and sports betting […]