Meet All Contributors at online-gambling.com

John grew up in Riverside, California, and from an early age, exhibited an interest in maths, languages, and competitions. His interest in gambling was piqued when he studied in Pennsylvania for a master’s degree in political science and international relations.

Blackjack and poker were his favorite games, and he spent many hours poring over strategy books. While he’s not a regular gambler, he knows much about table games. Writing has also been his passion, so he was delighted when he joined the online-gambling.com team. Topics of choice include game guides, casino reviews and gambling regulation in the US, UK, Ireland and Norway, plus our Pakistan casino pages.

Jessica comes from Santa Monica, where she enjoyed literature, philosophy, photography, and competitions. During her studies at UCLA, she discovered a love for blackjack. She doesn’t profess to be a professional player, but she does know her way around blackjack and poker tables.

Her love of table games prompted her to research online casinos and test mobile apps in her spare time, and this interest led her to online-gambling.com. With many years of gambling experience under her belt, she is a valued member of the editorial team. Her specialties include casino payment methods, lottery and roulette guides and casino reviews, mainly for the Philippines, India, Malta, Germany, Spain and Denmark.

Todd was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and has been a questioner of everything from an early age. Such a curious mind led him to study Comparative Studies, and after graduating, he trained as a croupier at a newly opened casino. While working there, he met up with a fellow writer and decided to join the online-gambling.com writing team.

His time at the table meant he could learn all the tricks of the trade, and he brought his first-hand expertise to the writing team. His favorite topics include card games, beginner’s guides and the licensed casino market in Sweden.

Matt comes from New Haven, where he grew up loving pizza and the Patriots. His love of the city’s favorite team inflamed his interest in sports betting and gambling. Fantasy football leagues were trendy at the time, and together with his buddies, they spent many hours playing and placing friendly bets.

While he was at UConn studying business and engineering, he also developed a passion for sports writing. He writes on the legality of sports betting state by state in the US and covers sports betting in the Philippines, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia.

Scott might have been born in Canada, but he grew up across the border in Detroit. He moved to the Twin Cities to attend the University of Minnesota and still lives there today.

He first became interested in gambling during his history studies, particularly the history of the American West, Las Vegas, and gambling. He is fascinated with how the gambling industry continues to redefine itself and transform the United States. Scott’s favorite writing assignments include roulette, video poker, gambling history and the Canadian market.

David van der Leeuw was born and raised in Amsterdam and writes our Netherlands pages in English and Dutch. He has more than 10 years of experience writing sports and casino articles.

Thanks to his bachelor’s degree in statistics, he reads odds and bonus terms closely and writes our blackjack guides.

Jessica Chan discovered her interest in gambling in the casinos of Macau. Based in Hong Kong, she reviews the online and crypto casinos that accept players from Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Her expertise includes baccarat, live dealer games such as Dragon Tiger and crypto casinos, and she writes her Hong Kong pages in both English and Traditional Chinese.

Lewis is a creative content writer with more than 10 years’ experience across several gambling sectors. He has written with particular distinction in the UK and US sports betting markets, covering disciplines like soccer, football and basketball extensively.

He has also created casino and crypto casino content for brands in the UK and Canada, which has further enabled him to indulge his love of recreational betting and roulette! His combination of passion and knowledge certainly underpins his work, which has also featured on sites like Business Insider and the Huffington Post.

Keith started freelance writing in 1994, covering the space industry from NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He launched his DCNewsroom blog in 2010, and his first casino visit, in Charles Town, West Virginia in 2011, added gambling to his beat.

He wrote our news coverage as a freelance journalist, focusing on betting strategies, bankroll management, and the house edge across table games.

Jamie studied History at the University of Leeds before completing an NCTJ Multimedia Diploma in Journalism at News Associates. He worked on the sports desk of a major British national newspaper site from 2012 to 2017, then moved into iGaming as a content manager and senior content editor.

Freelance since 2019, he wrote for us on sports betting and state-specific US gambling, drawing on more than a decade in the industry.