Tony Christopher Content Manager · Industry Trends · BestOnlineCasino.com
Tony Christopher is our Content Manager for industry trends, and one of the most valued members of our team. With a sharp eye for emerging market shifts and a passion for delivering engaging, informative content, Tony leads our blog with authority and enthusiasm.
Credentials at a Glance
From Blogger to Industry-Trends Reporter
I’m Tony, and I’m from the wonderful and rainy London. I joined BestOnlineCasino.com as a blogger, and a colleague nicknamed me “The Joker” early on for my sense of humour, a title I still wear with pride, even as my beat has grown a lot more serious over the years.
These days my focus is on regulation and industry trends rather than blog posts about slots and movies. I track how gambling laws are changing around the world, from how provably fair systems are improving transparency to shifts in player behaviour, such as the stories gamblers tell themselves and the psychology behind the gambler’s fallacy.
I still write the occasional lighter piece when it fits, a rundown of the best casinos in my home city of London, or a look at the punishments people dream up for losing a bet, but the bulk of my work now is following what regulators, operators and lawmakers are doing next. You’ll find my latest articles further down this page.
I do my research and include interesting, trustworthy information in everything I write. I’m not a reviewer; you can see exactly how our casino scores are worked out in how we rate casinos, but every trend piece and every regulatory update I publish is checked against primary sources before it goes live.
How I Cover the Industry
Every regulation or trends story I publish goes through the same six checks, in the same order, before it reaches you.
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1Monitor the SourceI track official regulator and government bulletins directly, rather than relying on second-hand reporting.
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2Verify the DetailDates, figures and legal changes are checked against the primary document before they go anywhere near a draft.
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3Cross-CheckWhere a story affects players directly, I confirm it against a second independent source.
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4Plain-English RewriteRegulatory language gets rewritten so it’s actually useful to a player, not just accurate to a lawyer.
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5Editorial Sign-OffNothing publishes without a second pass, the same as every other piece of content on the site.
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6Update When the Rule ChangesRegulation moves, so a published piece goes back in the queue when a law, licence or tax rate it describes is amended.
Quick Q&A with Tony
