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Evergreen and news editorial content creation; online gambling legislative analysis; content marketing
Tyler grew up in Las Vegas and has worked in the gambling industry since 2022. He started as a freelance news writer focusing on Texas gambling content, moved into a news managing editor role for multiple state-focused gambling sites, and then took over the Content Lead role at Catena Media.
Tyler has worked as a freelance and staff news writer for over 15 years, in the US and abroad. He has also served as Editor in Chief for academic journals at CSU Long Beach and Chapman University.
Tyler is fluent in English and Spanish. Tyler has a working knowledge of French and Japanese.
Tyler grew up in Las Vegas in the days before non-smoking casinos and major league sports. He moved west, attended Cal State Long Beach, and began his journalistic career in the press boxes, pits, and infields of Southern California. He then spent four years in Barcelona, writing for Metropolitan BCN about art, entertainment, and FC Barcelona.
He now resides in Santa Fe, NM, where he’s covered the gaming industry for every major state market. With PlayUSA, he works with a team of writers and editors to shape content that delivers the most important legal gambling storylines to an audience of players and industry analysts alike. A couple of those include:
When he’s not playing around with his two daughters, he goes to concerts with his wife, plays disc golf, collects comic books, and roots for the Vegas Golden Knights.
Catena Media
Content Lead
Managing Editor
Metropolitan BCN
Contributor
Chapman University
Master of Arts, English Literature
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
2004-2006
Cal State Long Beach
Bachelor of Arts, Comparative Literature
1999-2003
PlayTexas: South Texas Town Of Elsa Could Provide Model To Legal Statewide Gambling
PlayOhio: The Curious Case Of SPIRE: Will An Ohio High School Get A Sportsbook?
NCSharp: Property Values Don’t Lie: A Rockingham Casino Benefits Homeowners and the Community
I grew up in Las Vegas, where our closest thing to pro sports was the Las Vegas Stars, an AAA affiliate of the Padres. I saw Pedro Martinez come through when I was a kid, and he blew me (and the Stars) away. I’ve followed him ever since.
I didn’t pull the handle, but I still like to claim this one…
My wife, sister-in-law, and I were standing in line for the Caesars Palace buffet one night. My sister-in-law likes the slots, so I pointed her to the Wheel of Fortune machine and told her to go win us dinner. She walked away and came back five minutes later with winnings enough to cover all our dinners.
Whenever I play a slot machine, I’m never sure what any of it means for about 100 spins. I’m just blithely pushing a button and watching the twirling lights.
I don’t know what this would look like, but a “slot explainer” that showed me, LIKE I’M A KINDERGARTNER, what the symbols do, how the paylines work, and how the bonus rounds get triggered would be ideal.
I’ve gotta go with marble racing. I can watch that stuff all day on ESPN 8 “The Ocho”.
In-game or “micro” betting. This concept has boosted handle significantly across all online sportsbooks and created the game plan for many of the sports prediction markets we see today.
I grew up in Las Vegas and witnessed people jockeying for machines at gas stations, grocery stores, bar counters, and casinos. The notion of having “your machine” that gets hot for you is still going strong for many gamblers, and that, to me, is really dangerous thinking.
I tell them to watch this scene from Vegas Vacation:
