Matt Speakman – Betting Expert

Matt Speakman is the betting expert at online-gambling.com. He covers legal sports betting state by state in the US, along with sports betting in the Philippines and the betting markets of Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia.

Matt Speakman – Betting Expert

Expert In:

Sports betting
US state betting laws
Philippine sports betting
African betting markets
Online blackjack

Born

June 6th, 1993

Education

Master's Degree in Business and Engineering

Occupation

Betting Expert at online-gambling.com

Favorite Game

Football, basketball and poker

More About Matt Speakman

Growing up in New Haven, Connecticut, Matt was a huge Patriots fan. Naturally, he also became interested in sports betting, and he and his buddies would always have a fantasy football league going and attend every Pats game they could get tickets to.

He’d often place a friendly bet on the final score or on how many yards Tom Brady would throw, which got him interested in the legal side of gambling. While studying for his master’s degree in business and engineering at UConn, he started writing about the topic and took an internship at the headquarters of one of the biggest US casino brands.

How Matt Speakman Became a Betting Expert at online-gambling.com

Matt has been a member of the team at online-gambling.com for several years. The internship showed him how a regulated operator works from the inside, and since joining he has written about where sports betting stands legally in every state, which now runs to 50 US pages.

His beat does not stop at the border. Matt also covers sports betting in the Philippines and the betting markets of Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia.

If there is a sports betting topic we have missed, feel free to get in touch. The team is always open to feedback from our readers.

Matt Speakman

Betting Expert at online-gambling.com

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Last updated on 5.11.2026