Matthew Kredell
Senior lead writer, legislative affairs
Matthew Kredell serves as senior lead writer of legislative affairs involving online gambling at PlayUSA. He began covering efforts to legalize and regulate online gambling in 2007 after federal age of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act disrupted his hobby of playing small-stakes online poker.
He has since interviewed more than 300 state lawmakers around the country, writing extensively about online casino and sports betting legislation.
A lifelong Angeleno and USC journalism alum, Matthew started his career working as a sportswriter for a decade at the Los Angeles Daily News. He has written on a variety of topics for Playboy Magazine, Men’s Journal, Los Angeles magazine, LA Weekly and ESPN.com.
Media mentions on gambling legislation in the US
- New York Times: In Oregon, a Bid for Urban Casinos Threatens a Gambling ‘Arms Race’
- Spectrum News: CA Initiative to Legalize Sports Betting Could Be On Nov. Ballot
- Politico: Let the Ballot Measure Games Begin
- KTLA: California Sports Gambling Push Fails Again
- Forbes: Key To Unlocking New York iGaming Stalemate
Citations in academic and legal papers
- U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief in West Flagler v. Haaland: 20240219171013065_23-862 Amicus Brief Wallach Final.pdf (supremecourt.gov)
- University of Cincinnati Law Review: Which Ohio Commission Should Regulate Gambling Within the State?
- CATO Institute: Anyone’s Game: Sports‐Betting Regulations after Murphy v. NCAA
- Iowa Law Review: Regulating Sports Wagering
- Kentucky Law Journal: Kentucky Must Pony Up to the 21st Century: The Path Towards Sports Betting in the Bluegrass State is Worth the Gamble
Posts by Matthew Kredell:
- California Gaming Committee Advances Bill Allowing Tribes To Sue Cardrooms, 03 Jul 2024
- Delaware Online Sports Betting Expansion Bill Dies As Session Ends, 01 Jul 2024
- Ohio Executive Budget Includes Increase Of Ohio Sports Betting Tax Rate, 10 Feb 2023
- Vermont Sports Betting Bill Advances Through Senate Committees, 26 Apr 2023
- NJ Online Gaming Tax Rate Safe For Now, But Discussion Looms, 28 Jun 2024
- Ohio Lawmaker Says State Doubled Sports Betting Tax Rate To Curb Advertising, 03 Jul 2023
- California Leads States Where Tribes Could Replicate Seminole Online Sports Betting Model, 27 Jun 2024
- How Supreme Court Decision Will Impact Indian Tribes Looking To Participate In Online Gaming, 18 Jun 2024
- US Supreme Court Declines Request To Take Up Challenge Of Seminole Compact In Florida, 17 Jun 2024
- Why Oklahoma Sports Betting Talks Didn’t Get Off The Ground In 2024, 13 Jun 2024
