About Gambling Nerd Website and Blog

Author: Gambling Nerd

Published: September 25th, 2018 | Updated: January 28th, 2026

Gambling Nerd is the editorial brand and collective byline of GamblingNerd.com, an independent gambling media website that publishes experience-based reviews, guides, and analysis of online casinos, sportsbooks, and poker sites for gamblers of all experience levels worldwide.

Think of us as your gambling lab partners. We poke around casinos, sportsbooks, and poker rooms, stress-test the user experience, and translate confusing terms into plain English.

Add in real player feedback and expert perspectives, and you get reviews and guides that are meant to be helpful, not hypey.

Quick Facts About Gambling Nerd

Online since 2007
200+ reviews and 1,000+ articles published
Featured in: Bloomberg TV, Forbes, Inc., Medium
Team experience: 20+ years combined across online and land-based gambling
Coverage: Casinos, sportsbooks, and poker rooms

What We Publish

Our content is written for an international audience, with primary coverage focused on the United States, Canada, Australia and selected European jurisdictions.

Articles on GamblingNerd.com are written by authors with gambling and journalism experience and reviewed or edited by our editorial team before publication.

Here’s the main content you’ll find on GamblingNerd.com.

Online Casino, Sportsbook, and Poker Room Reviews

We publish gambling site reviews to help you compare your options quickly and make more informed decisions.

Our evaluations combine first-hand experience with each platform alongside feedback from players and insights from industry experts.

Each review typically considers a site’s safety and reputation, bonus offers and key terms (including wagering requirements), the quality and variety of games or betting markets, customer support and key policies, banking and withdrawal considerations, and how easy the site is to use on both desktop and mobile.

Availability, bonuses, and legal status vary by region—always check local rules and operator terms.

Gambling Nerd Blog

The Gambling Nerd blog covers niche gambling topics, unique casino games, sports betting predictions, and other interesting subjects in the industry.

We dive into data, chat about odds for special events, find profitable bonuses and side bets, and bring you some entertainment along the way.

Informational Guides and Suggestions on Where to Play

We create detailed guides that showcase how to play at online casinos and wager on sports.

If you’re ready to play, we have pages that recommend the top casinos, sportsbooks, and poker rooms for specific games based on the rankings in our reviews.

Nerd Nook

Our Nerd Nook is where we go deeper into the “nerdier” side of gambling.

This includes breakdowns of mathematical concepts involving gambling, looks at betting systems, and strategy guides for specific games or titles.

The Nerd Nook is a constantly growing section of our site that aims to give gamblers a deeper understanding of what makes casino games tick.

Why You Should Trust Us

We know trust matters, especially in iGaming. Here’s what we do to earn it:

Experience-based perspective: We aim to evaluate platforms from a player’s point of view, focusing on real usability, not just marketing claims.
Consistent review criteria: We compare casinos, sportsbooks, and poker sites using repeatable factors like bonuses/terms, banking, support, and product quality.
Accuracy-focused editing: Our editors review content for clarity and correctness, and we update pages when key details change.
Transparency: We disclose when we may earn commissions through links, at no extra cost to readers.
Responsible gambling: We promote safer play practices and share support resources for anyone who needs them.

If you ever spot something that looks off, we welcome corrections and feedback.

Editorial Standards

We aim to publish content that’s accurate, practical, and genuinely useful to readers. Here’s how we do it:

How content is researched and tested: Depending on the topic, we may use first-hand testing of casinos, sportsbooks, and poker rooms, review publicly available terms and policies, compare features across sites using consistent criteria, and verify key details that can impact players (like bonus rules, banking options, and account policies). We also consider player reviews and reported experiences to help identify recurring issues, strengths, and patterns worth noting.
How reviews are updated: The iGaming space changes quickly, so we update reviews and guides when important details shift, such as bonus terms, payment methods, platform features, or availability in certain regions.
How corrections work: Online gambling information can change quickly. We update pages when key details change or when we verify new information. If we confirm an error, we correct it as soon as possible and may note significant changes for transparency. If you spot something that needs updating, please contact us with the page URL and the detail in question.
Editorial independence and monetization: Some links may earn us a commission at no additional cost to readers, but partnerships don’t decide what we publish, how we rank operators, or what we say. We aim to be reader-first and honest about both the pros and the drawbacks of the sites we cover.

Review Process

Our Review Process

When we review an online casino, sportsbook, or poker room, we don’t just skim the homepage and call it a day.

We use a consistent methodology designed to surface the details players actually care about, especially the ones that don’t show up in a banner ad.

Whenever possible, our team combines first-hand testing with player reviews and expert input to evaluate how a platform works in real use.

We look closely at the fine print (terms and conditions, promo rules, and key policies) so readers aren’t surprised after signing up.

Not every site earns a positive review. If we find serious issues that impact player safety, fairness, or trust, we’ll say so clearly—and in some cases, we may recommend avoiding the operator altogether.

Want the full breakdown? See our Rating & Ranking methodology.

Our Mission and Core Values

Gambling Nerd’s Mission and Core Values

Our Mission

Our mission is to help online gamblers make informed decisions and improve the overall online gambling experience through content that prioritizes accuracy, transparency, and experience-based evaluation.

Our Core Values

We instill our guiding principles into everything we do, whether writing a casino review or analyzing the best odds on a sporting event.

Experience-Based Content

You don’t want recommendations from someone who’s never used the product, right? That’s why all our reviewers interact with each sportsbook, casino, or poker site to give you a comprehensive and authentic review.

Factual Information

We spend time verifying the integrity of all of our information, including game RTP, betting line vigorish, and gambling site licenses. Our team prioritizes facts over opinions and uses a research-based approach for our content.

In-Depth Coverage

We dig deep in our journalism because the iGaming space is full of redundant takes on casino gaming and sports betting. We aim to showcase interesting viewpoints and present information in a new and exciting way.

Meet the GamblingNerd.com Team

The Team at Gambling Nerd

Our team at Gambling Nerd has over twenty years of combined gambling experience, both at land-based casinos and online gambling sites.

Each of our writers has unique expertise, and together, our team has a collective knowledge of betting on sports or entertainment events and playing online casino games such as slots, blackjack, and poker.

Shaun Stack, Editor-In-Chief

Shaun Stack is the Editor-In-Chief at Gambling Nerd. His gambling articles have appeared in the Daily Herald, Space Coast Daily, and NJ 101.5. He’s a football betting expert, a Survivor fan, and a skilled blackjack gambler. Shaun is a native of Kansas City but now lives in Pennsylvania and follows the Pittsburgh Steelers religiously.

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Isaac E. Payne, Lead Content Manager

Isaac E. Payne is an experienced technical blogger, creative writer, and lead content manager at Gambling Nerd. As a published author, he enjoys finding interesting and exciting ways to cover any topic. In his four years on the team, he has covered online gambling and sports betting and excelled at reviewing casino sites. In his free time, he enjoys playing blackjack and reading science fiction.

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Taylor Smith, Content Specialist

Taylor Smith is a skilled iGaming writer and content editor. He started writing for Gambling Nerd in 2017 and became a content specialist in 2022. He majored in radio and film in college. After a transition to writing about online gambling, he now has over ten years of experience in the field.

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Webster Lupton, Senior Writer

Webster Lupton is a veteran journalist, editor, author, and gambler. His book, A Place to Play, is a deep-dive on baseball history in North Carolina. Web enjoys camping, birdwatching, and fishing. From North Carolina, he likes betting on college basketball as well as NFL and college football. He’s a lifelong NY Giants fan.

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Jeremy Olson, Senior Writer

Jeremy Olson has been writing about gambling for 20 years. He became interested in the writing side of gambling after playing poker and blackjack extensively. He now spends most of his time covering online casinos and sports betting. When he’s not writing, Jeremy likes listening to audiobooks and podcasts.

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Ben Morris, Writer

Ben Morris is a sports and casino writer with more than a decade of experience in the industry, who started with Gambling Nerd in 2024. He is particularly interested in European soccer but also enjoys betting on tennis and playing online slot games. You can find more of his work published in Sportico and TheSportsGeek.

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Gavin Lucas, Writer

Gavin Lucas is a writer and online gambling enthusiast with a particular love for video slots and live casino games. He has been writing about gambling online and covering newly released games since 2015.

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Pavo Jurkic, Writer

Pavo is a journalist and experienced esports, sports betting, and gambling writer. He’s been a member of the Gambling Nerd team for more than six years now. Our favorite Croat has a whole decade of experience in the industry and has written for several notable portals such as EsportsTalk and TheSportsGeek.

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Contributors and Editors

Gambling Nerd strives to present the most accurate information about the online gambling industry, whether that’s about gambling laws or cryptocurrency.

Our contributors provide the best coverage of sports, poker, and casino news, and our editors fact-check our content to present you with the best info online.

Philip Conneller, Contributor

Philip Conneller is an iGaming journalist and editor who has covered the industry for the past two decades. He focuses on gaming law, tribal gaming, politics, and crime. In addition to his work at Gambling Nerd, he is an editor for Casino.org and previously the editor of Bluff Magazine.

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History of GamblingNerd.com

History of Gambling Nerd

Gambling Nerd was launched in 2007 with the goal of becoming a resource for gamblers worldwide. Since then, a lot has changed!

Our site has evolved to offer a better user er user experience for both desktop and mobile users, and our team has grown to better serve our users’ needs and interests.

2007

Gambling Nerd launched!

2007

Gambling Nerd started to cover mobile gambling apps when the iPhone was released.

2010

We started expanding our reviews to other countries, offering gambling site recommendations for UK, Canadian, and European players.

2011

We covered poker news and provided alternative site recommendations when the top poker sites were charged with violating federal gambling laws.

2013

Gambling Nerd got a makeover with a new custom design to improve user experience.

2015

Gambling Nerd started to expand its casino game guides, adding information about craps, keno, and more.

2018

We provided extensive coverage of the state of legal sports betting following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act.

2020

With the surge in online gambling, Gambling Nerd ramped up reviews for some of the most prominent online casinos, sportsbooks, and poker sites.

2023

Gambling Nerd got another design update to make the site more modern and accessible.

2024

We continue to offer a full range of gambling site reviews, informational guides, and insightful blog posts about sports betting and casino gaming.

Facts About Gambling Nerd

Transparency on How We Fund the Site

We want readers to understand how Gambling Nerd is supported. In some cases, when you click a link on our site and sign up with an online casino, sportsbook, or poker room, we may receive a referral fee.

This doesn’t change the price you pay or what you receive—it simply helps fund the work we do.

That said, partnerships don’t control our content. We don’t adjust rankings, soften criticism, or publish positive reviews in exchange for compensation. If an operator has weak bonus terms, frustrating policies, poor support, or other issues that matter to players, we’ll call that out clearly.

Our goal is to stay straightforward and reader-first: publish experience-based information that highlights both the pros and the drawbacks so you can make decisions with your eyes open.

Responsible Gambling

At GamblingNerd.com, we believe gambling should be an entertaining hobby. However, we know that some people’s gambling habits might spiral out of control.

It’s important to recognize the signs of gambling addiction and take action before the condition worsens. On our responsible gambling page, we provide a list of resources for anyone who might need them.

Contact Us

Looking to get in touch? Have questions about online gambling? We’re always happy to hear from our users, so feel free to drop us a line over on our Contact page! We’ll get back to you as quickly as we can.

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