Derek Helling
Contributor
Derek Helling serves as a contributing writer to PlayNY. Since starting to cover regulated gambling in the US in 2019, Derek has helped report on the efforts of New York lawmakers to legalize online sports betting in the state while also keeping tabs on casinos in the Empire State, the New York Lottery and professional and college teams in the state.
Derek has also helped manage the BetHer site, which shines a spotlight on women’s sporting events and legal sports betting related to those events. He has also covered sports business and law for various publications, including Advocacy for Fairness in Sports.
For more than 20 years, Derek has served as a journalist. He now lives in Chicago with his wife and overlord Munchkin cats.
Writing on New York online gambling
- WynnBet Hunting For Some Goodwill With Ben Affleck Spokesperson Deal
- Game On: New York State Gaming Commission Releases Online Sports Betting RFA
- Gaming Commission Misses RFA Deadline, Putting Launch Timeline In Doubt
Writing on sports
- Chatham-Kent Sports Network: Even If The College Athlete Right to Organize Act Doesn’t Become Law, The Line of Demarcation Is Now Evident
- Equalizer Soccer: Women’s Soccer is the Huge Opportunity That Legal U.S. Sportsbooks are Largely Ignoring
- FanSided: Cincinnati city council follows shady example of Cleveland in stadium funding
Posts by Derek Helling:
- Gaming Commission Misses RFA Deadline, Putting Launch Timeline In Doubt, 07 Jul 2021
- Dutchess County Woman Turns $30 Into $10 Million Playing NY Lottery Game, 25 Jun 2021
- Gov. Cuomo Ends Capacity Restrictions At State’s Commercial Casinos, 24 Jun 2021
- Sports Betting Partially Responsible For NY Commercial Casino Rebound, 18 Jun 2021
- NY Lottery Computer Outage Just A Temporary Glitch, 18 Jun 2021
- Rivers Casino Schenectady Gets More Recognition For Workplace Quality, 11 Jun 2021
- New York Lottery Scratchers Will Be Available At Vaccination Sites For Another Week, 11 Jun 2021
- Manhattan Lawmakers Stave Off Accelerated Timeline On Downstate Casino Licensing, 04 Jun 2021
- All Bets Are Off In New York For Offshore Sportsbook Bovada, 28 May 2021
- Despite Sports Betting Slowdown, NY Commercial Casinos Make Gains In April, 19 May 2021