Content Editor
Editing and fact-checking reviews of real-money casinos, sweeps apps, slots, and prediction markets; first-hand testing of sweeps casinos, writing experiential slot reviews
Having written or edited 130+ casino reviews for PlayUSA, Chance has won and lost at most legal gambling sites in the United States. He can tell you which sweeps casinos have favorable prize minimums and which prediction sites get the most creative with their markets.
Chance's journalism career stretches back more than 15 years—from legal gambling to the fine arts. He's worked in iGaming since 2017, and you can read his writing and editing work at Bonus.com, Gaming Today, and Legal Sports Report.
Chance's writing and mentoring work has been recognized by the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame and the Nebraska Human Resources Institute, respectively. His podcasts have been picked up by outlets like The Playlist.net and have garnered more than 200,000 total listens.
Chance Solem-Pfeifer is a content editor at PlayUSA. He specializes in product reviews of sweepstakes casinos, real-money casinos, and prediction markets. Over the last decade, he’s edited iGaming content, including news, expert picks, and user guides, across all corners of the legal online gambling universe. Find Chance’s other writing and editing work at Bonus.com, Legal Sports Report, and Gaming Today.
If you read one of his product reviews, you know Chance’s top priority is holding a magnifying glass up to the iGaming world. His reviews are fully tested, he’s played the slots he writes about, and he’s willing to meaningfully compare and contrast casino products. Despite overlap and obfuscations, no two casinos, sportsbooks, or prediction sites are truly alike. Chance’s aim is to help you make informed choices anytime you download a new gaming app or collect a bonus.
Chance has been a professional journalist for 15+ years, starting out in the music press of his home state of Nebraska, before moving to Oregon in 2015. You can find his arts journalism, film criticism, and broadcast work via outlets like Oregon Public Broadcasting, Willamette Week, and Vulture.
When he’s not writing about iGaming or testing new sites, Chance is probably either taking his terrier (July) to the beach or watching films as part of the Portland Critics Association, of which he’s a founding member.
Catena Media
Reviews Editor
2024–present
Willamette Week
Film Critic / Arts Journalist
2017–present
Catena Media
Copy Editor
2017-2024
Writing Coaches of America
Coach / Mentor
2016-2024
Hear Nebraska
Managing Editor
2013-2015
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.A., English
2013
Portland Trail Blazers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Seattle Mariners
Mississippi Grind (2015). “It’s Machu Picchu time.”
Budget, budget, budget. It’s the bedrock of responsible gaming. Especially at sweeps casinos, if you’re hoping to work your way to a prize, you’ll need to manage your Redeemable Sweeps Coins very carefully to reach the prize threshold.
A giant cup of locally roasted coffee and two monitors—one with the casino open for testing and the other for writing.
That regulated casinos are rigged just because a player lost during a formative period. Random number generators just do what they do, folks.
Always go to the app itself and check the information firsthand. And if I’m not in a state that allows this primary testing, work with a writer who is. This is the best way to serve the player and cuts through the noise of 100 casino reviews online that clearly weren’t written by someone using the app at the time in question.
Bud Crawford, Weird Al Yankovic, Kelly Reichardt. Don’t make me pick.
Probably picking Oleksandr Usyk to beat Anthony Joshua in their first fight. History forgets that Joshua was a -275 favorite!
