Matthew Bain is currently the Content Manager at Catena Media’s national online lottery site, PlayiLottery. He used to be the News Content Manager at Catena Media, overseeing news content for the network’s highest-priority regional sites. With sports gambling in Georgia gaining traction in 2024, PlayGeorgia was one of his focuses.
Prior to joining Catena Media in 2022, Matthew won 10 statewide and national journalism awards during six years as a reporter and editor for the USA TODAY Network. Matthew’s work primarily appeared in the Des Moines Register, but he was also featured in the Detroit Free Press, Indianapolis Star, Arizona Republic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and USA TODAY. Throughout his career, Matthew’s bylines have also appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Seattle Times, and Orange County Register.
Matthew Bain interviewed as gambling expert
- Boston Globe — Boston Marathon betting is a no-go for 2023. Here’s why.
- Boston Globe — In the early days of sports betting in Mass., offers are hard to ignore
- NBC Boston — First Legal Sports Bets Are Placed At Mass. Casinos
- NBC Boston — Encore, Plainridge Accepted Illegal Bets On College Basketball
- Western Mass News — Getting Answers: Mobile sports betting in Massachusetts
- Bloomberg Boston Radio — Mobile Sports Betting In MA And Addressing The Gender Earnings Gap
- Bloomberg Boston Radio — Sports Has Boston Buzzing And Business Booming
- Bloomberg Boston Radio — In-Person Sports Betting About To Become Legal In Massachusetts
- Cincinnati Business Courier — Kentucky plans to open sports betting in time for NFL season
Some of Matthew Bain’s work for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, other outlets
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Global growth affects U.S. men’s tennis success
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Local prospect appears ready for path to the bigs
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Bears back at it, this time for $1 million
- USA TODAY — How NIL will change college recruiting forever: ‘It opens Pandora’s Box’
- Des Moines Register — Greg Stephen case shows scary potential for sexual exploitation in AAU basketball
- Detroit Free Press — Michigan basketball making serious headway with 5-star Joshua Christopher
- Arizona Republic — Untold stories: The refugee kids of the North Phoenix Christian Soccer Club
- Indianapolis Star — Purdue target Malik Hall plays for dementia-stricken father
Posts by Matthew Bain:
- GA Sports Betting Amendment Set For First House Committee Hearing Monday, 15 Mar 2024
- GA Sports Betting Bill Likely To Know Committee Fate By Early Next Week, 14 Mar 2024
- GeoComply: 11,000 Georgia Accounts Tried To Bet On Super Bowl 58, 16 Feb 2024
- Georgia Senate Passes Sports Betting Bill, But Requires Voter Approval, 01 Feb 2024