David McKee
David McKee began his career as copy editor for Casino Magazine and Casino Executive Magazine, in Minneapolis, moving to Las Vegas in 1999 to become Managing Editor at Casino Executive. He has held similar positions with Casino Journal, Global Gaming Business, the Las Vegas Business Press and Las Vegas Advisor. He is currently a daily contributor to LasVegasAdvisor.com, Editor in Chief of Casino Life Magazine and a correspondent for COMPLETE iGAMING. His work has garnered first-prize awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Nevada Press Association. David currently lives in Augusta, Georgia, with his wife Jennifer and their cat Cupid.
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Prediction-market fears overhyped, analyst says
3 October 2025 at 1:50pm UTC-4
The stock market has a “shoot first, ask later” attitude toward digital-gaming companies, opined J.P. Morgan analyst Daniel Politzer, pointing to the recent 18% plunge in ...
Analyst sticks by DraftKings, despite dip
1 October 2025 at 12:36pm UTC-4
Evidently unconcerned by record levels of Kalshi trading volume around a Monday Night Football doubleheader, one analyst was placing a “Buy” rating on DraftKings. Jefferies ...
Flutter selloff prompts analyst rebuke
1 October 2025 at 12:09pm UTC-4
Jefferies Equity Research analyst James Wheatcroft placed a “Buy” rating on Flutter Entertainment stock after a slump in the share price. “Today’s weakness in Flutter’s ...
Flutter, FanDuel “on the sidelines” of prediction-market scrum, legal expert says
16 September 2025 at 11:59am UTC-4
Prospects for traditional sports books in a prediction-market world are mixed, according to legal expert Daniel Wallach. His view was described as that online sports betting ...
Analyst: New Jersey trial a win-win for DraftKings, FanDuel
12 September 2025 at 11:44am UTC-4
Whatever the outcome of a trial in New Jersey, its result favors both DraftKings and FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment, Jefferies Equity Research analyst David Katz concluded ...
DraftKings boosted by in-play betting, analyst says
9 September 2025 at 5:08pm UTC-4
Jefferies Equity Research analyst David Katz perceived “strengthening trends around in-play betting,” or proposition bets, which he called a positive for DraftKings in ...
Lightning Link lifts Aristocrat online
5 September 2025 at 2:06pm UTC-4
Aristocrat Leisure’s Lightning Link social-casino game outperformed the sector by 11% in August. That news was reported by Jefferies Equity Research analyst Kai Erman in a 4 ...
New York State sports betting action for Fanatics spikes in August
4 September 2025 at 3:24pm UTC-4
Online sports betting operators in New York State won US$178.2 million in August, enjoying a 42.6% spike in their grosses from August 2024. Handle rose 42.4% to slightly more than ...
State regulators not ready for prediction markets, panelists say
4 September 2025 at 2:24pm UTC-4
Gaming regulators in US states are “ill-equipped” to handle any pivot by online sports betting firms into prediction markets. That was the conclusion of a panel convened by ...
Prediction markets ‘too good to pass up’ for OSB operators, J.P. Morgan analyst says
2 September 2025 at 2:41pm UTC-4
Prediction markets could be a viable alternative to online sports betting. That was the opinion of J.P. Morgan analyst Daniel Politzer in a 2 September investor note.
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