Dave Consolazio

Dave Consolazio 15-plus years in gambling media represents a career built in one of the most competitive editorial environments in the industry. The North American sports betting space — particularly pre-PASPA repeal — required writers who could produce authoritative content about an industry simultaneously massive and officially constrained.

The OddsShark tenure is the anchor. OddsShark built authority on data-driven betting analysis at a time when most sports betting content was promotional or superficial — writers who thrived there did so because they could match a rigorous analytical standard.

Sports Handle added regulatory depth. As the US sports betting market legalised state by state post-2018, Sports Handle became the publication of record for serious coverage of the regulatory landscape. Writing there required understanding how regulated gambling markets function, which translates directly to international casino market analysis.

The poker and casino coverage at TheSportsGeek and Penn Live rounds out a portfolio covering the full breadth of the gambling industry — from game-level strategy through to operator economics.