
Grant Lucas
Senior Managing Editor
Grant Lucas is the senior managing editor for PlayNY. A longtime, award-winning sports writer, Grant manages, edits and writes about legal online sports betting in New York as well as NY online casino legislation and NY online poker.
Grant has covered gambling and legal sports betting since 2018, when he got his start reporting on the New Jersey and Pennsylvania industries.
Before covering the expansion of legal gambling, Grant served as a sportswriter with The Bulletin newspaper in Bend, Oregon, covering high school, Oregon State and University of Oregon athletics as well as the Portland Trail Blazers. Prior to that – after graduating from Linfield University, where he played baseball for former Yankee and World Series MVP Scott Brosius – Grant worked as a digital content reporter for the Trail Blazers.
Writing on New York online gambling
Down But Not Out: NY Sports Betting Sets Record With $800 Million In July
Can Pete Alonso Become First Three-Peat Home Run Derby Champion? NY Sports Betting Lets You Bet On It
Still Hot: New York Online Sports Betting Tops $1 Billion In Handle Again
Ready For Some Football? Take A Look At The Biggest New York Games On 2022 NFL Schedule
Johnny Avello: True Return Of March Madness Ideally Sees Coach K Riding Off Into Sunset A Winner
Need A March Madness Team To Back As Sweet 16 Nears? Try The Saint Peter’s Peacocks
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Sports Betting Woes, Where Is The Biggest Mess: TN vs NY?
Posts by Grant Lucas:
- Sands NY Casino Lease Gets Approval From Nassau County, But Hurdles Remain, 23 May 2023
- Two Months After First Expected, We Still Await Round 1 Answers For Downstate NY Casinos, 22 May 2023
- NY Sports Betting Hits Major Revenue Milestones With Another Landmark Total In Sight, 19 May 2023
- Storylines To Watch At 2023 Preakness Stakes That Could Impact Belmont Stakes, 19 May 2023
- Ahead Of 2022 Pace, $1.5 Billion In April Handle Has NY Sports Betting Near Historic Milestone, 05 May 2023
- There’s No Horsing Around With Naming Thoroughbreds Inspired By New York Sports, 05 May 2023
- Recapping First Full Prime Betting Season For NY Sports Betting Industry, 12 Apr 2023
- March Madness Boosts NY Sports Betting To Near-Record With Over $1.7 Billion In Handle, 06 Apr 2023
- Mets, Yankees Among Teams Receiving Most Public Backing With NY Sportsbooks, 04 Apr 2023
- Opposition Growing As Sands New York Casino Looks To Land One Of Three Downstate Licenses, 29 Mar 2023