Heather Fletcher, Author at Bonus.com

About the Author

Heather Fletcher

Heather Fletcher is the lead writer at Bonus, concentrating on online casino coverage. She had her first published byline at age 10, but didn't get paid for her writing until she got her first newspaper job. Fletcher's newspaper career started at Suburban News Publications in Ohio and eventually took her to The New York Times, where she's still a contract freelance reporter for the National Desk. She covers breaking news from Philadelphia, as needed. In March 2021, Fletcher began writing about online casino gambling as the lead writer for Online Poker Report.

Latest articles

Entain Entered Esports With Unikrn Relaunch

December 6, 2022 | By: Heather Fletcher

Entain entered esports, but not in the US. One of the joint owners of the top US online casino, BetMGM, introduced its esports brand, Unikrn, on Thursday to consumers in Brazil and Canada – outside of Ontario. However, Unikrn may enter the US and Ontario during 2023. So says Justin Dellario, Entain’s esports managing director […]

New York Online Casino 2023 Discussions Unharmed by Anti-Bonus Bill, Addabbo Says

December 2, 2022 | By: Heather Fletcher

New York online casino legalization talks will continue unscathed by a state Senate bill introduced on Wednesday, state Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. just told Bonus in a phone interview. S9605 proposes additional oversight of online sportsbook bonus practices. If anything, Addabbo said the news Bonus broke on Wednesday and others published today will alert […]

New York Online Sports Betting Target of Bill About ‘Predatory Sportsbook Bonuses’

November 30, 2022 | By: Heather Fletcher

New York online sports betting is in the crosshairs of a state Senate bill proposed today. S9605 directs the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) “to promulgate rules and regulations regarding predatory sportsbook bonuses in mobile sports betting.” New York’s online sportsbooks launched on Jan. 8. Today’s 1-page proposal to amend the “racing, pari-mutuel wagering and […]

MGM Buying Entain? Rumors Swirl Again

November 29, 2022 | By: Heather Fletcher

MGM buying Entain is a dream the former gave up in January 2021. Or did it? Is MGM Resorts International again considering buying its tech partner in its joint venture – gambling site BetMGM? Rumors to that effect are swirling yet again. Even though Entain rebuffed MGM’s $11 billion offer and a subsequent $22 billion […]

Women and FanDuel Casino May Be a Better Couple Than ‘Break Up Win’

November 29, 2022 | By: Heather Fletcher

Women and FanDuel Casino are the ideal couple, thinks FanDuel Group. Hence today, FanDuel “ramps up” its marketing campaign targeting women. To that end, the online gambling operator posted two commercials yesterday on YouTube. They feature women. Yet the ads still don’t include their voices. The “Winning is Undefeated” portion of the FanDuel Casino marketing […]

LeoVegas Comments on Insider Trading Report of Spokesman’s Arrest

November 22, 2022 | By: Heather Fletcher

LeoVegas Group now belongs to MGM Resorts International. MGM finalized its $604 million acquisition of the international online gambling operator a couple of months ago amid an insider trading investigation related to that acquisition process. Today, a LeoVegas spokesman answered questions from Bonus about the reported arrest of Philip Doftvik, the LeoVegas Mobile Gaming Group […]