Meet The OLBG Experts - Editors, Authors, Contributors & Fact Checkers (original) (raw)
Our in house editorial team has more than 200 years of experience between them. Most of our editors were OLBG members before they joined the team and between them they have worked in a variety of previous roles in the betting industry. They are also bettors and or casino players themselves so bring their own real life experiences to their content.
Andy Powell Content Editor
Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.
Steve Madgwick Editor-In-Chief
Editor-In-Chief with 20 years experience covering the betting angles to breaking news stories. Daily slots player, Portsmouth fan and League Snooker Player
Richard Moffat CEO & Gambling Industry Expert
Industry expert of 18 years, providing commentary on betting related news.
Nigel Skinner Blog Content Manager
Football Manager Expert and Political Betting Specialist across Exchange and Spread Betting Sites
Darren Brett Tipster Competition Manager
Horse Racing, greyhounds and snooker specialist with thirty years experience of writing about sport across multiple platforms. A QPR and Snooker fan
James Banting Tipster Competition Assistant
James has worked for the jockey club and has 20 years sports betting experience he utilises his skills in our tipster competitions and writes sports betting content.
Sam Darkens Commercial Manager
Sam is OLBG's Commercial manager but also a keen sports betting and eSports fan, who also knows all there is to know about online casino
Jake Ashton Senior News Editor
Jake is a Football and Entertainment betting expert, with a Man City season ticket and a deep knowledge of reality TV betting angles
Michael Calabrese US Content Manager
Experienced sports journalist, College sports expert and broadcaster, hailing from Pennsylvania
Kelley Ford Golf Editor
Kelley Ford is a sports expert with more than five years experience writing content for quality publications. He specializes in Golf previews and news for OLBG.
Noah Strang Hockey Editor
Noah Strang is OLBG's Hockey Expert. He has written about Hockey for some of the Worlds top publications and worked as an accredited NHL media correspondent.
Devin Ellington Basketball Editor
Devin Anthony Ellington is OLBGs expert Basketball writer. He has previously contributed to numerous quality publications including ESPN.
William Westerlund Casino and Slots Editor
Widely published online casino expert with over 5 years experience in the online slots space.
Andrej Trajkovski Online Slots Editor
Andreij is a published iGaming industry and online slots expert working in the space since 2013
Brendan Luck Entertainment and Reality TV Editor
OLBG Entertainment Betting Specialist with a Wealth of Experience and Qualification in the Entertainment Industry
Matthew Edgar Darts Editor and WDF Professional
Former PDC Darts Professional, SkySports Darts Commentator and YouTuber with 6 tournament wins under his belt including the Iceland Open in 2023
Dan Tracey Data Scientist and Football Editor
Writer, analyst, podcaster, Spurs fan. Three out of four is not bad. If there is a data angle, I will find it.
John Brennan US Gambling News Editor
John is our gambling industry expert for New Jersey bringing the breaking news in all things NJ online gaming
Jenny Mason Slots Content Manager
Jenny Mason: 17+ years in online gambling, top UK brands. Expert in sports betting, slots, and bingo.
Luke Bradshaw Lee Commercial Content Manager
Experienced sports journalist and editor covering multiple aspects within the sports and betting industry. A football, NFL and rugby specialist, he is a judge at the Football Content Awards.
Frank Monkhouse Boxing Editor
Former professional Boxer Frank Monkhouse delivers knock-out content for OLBG as our Boxing betting expert
Chris Taylor The King of Slots
20+ years in the gambling industry including 13+ years playing and reviewing slots.
Content Expertise at OLBG
Our in house editorial team is packed full of experts from all areas of sports betting and online gambling. In total the team has well over 200 years of experience! In addition to this we bring in expert guests and interview others with experience wherever we feel that we need to boost the insights we need to offer you. Above all though, sports bettors and casino players themselves are experts. That is why the vast majority of content at OLBG is written by those experts in the form of user generated content.
User Generated Content Quality and Moderation at OLBG
OLBG user generated content is highly moderated by our in house editorial team to ensure that high standards are met. Tip comments are checked and rated for quality by a team covering seven days a week. Members who don't provide good quality content will receive support to improve and if they don’t meet our standards then their ability to add comments will be removed. Our algorithms help the better quality content to be prioritised. The user generated content is the main focus but surrounding this is supporting content which is written by a highly experienced team of editors and backed up by guest experts as needed. We try to keep our member content at the heart of all we do so even when our editorial team creates content, they will often quote and/or link to members thoughts.