Matthew has covered efforts to legalize and regulate online gambling since 2007. His reporting on the legalization of sports betting began in 2010 with an article for Playboy Magazine on how the NFL was pushing US money overseas by fighting the expansion of regulated sports betting. A USC journalism alum, Matt started his career as a sportswriter at the Los Angeles Daily News and has written on a variety of topics for Playboy, Men’s Journal, Los Angeles magazine, LA Weekly and ESPN.com.
Grand hopes for Indiana to pass online casino legislation in 2022 didn’t last long. The House Public Policy Committee did not advance the iGaming bills by Tuesday's deadline to report bills from committee.
Reps. Doug Gutwein and Ethan Manning filed House Bill 1356 on Tuesday. Sen. Jon Ford hopes the online casino bill comes back to him in the Senate by the end of the month.
Indiana Sen. Jon Ford introduced his interactive gaming bill Monday. It's the US internet casino bill issued as a response to the coronavirus pandemic that shut down casinos.