Ed Scimia

Ed Scimia graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School in 2003 with degrees in Magazine Journalism and Political Science. He has been writing about gaming and sports betting ever since — over 15 years of continuous industry coverage that spans online casino content, poker strategy, and sports betting analysis.

His australiangambling.com.au career started in 2012, making him one of the network's founding contributors. His 822 articles — including a peak of 310 in 2014 — represent one of the highest single-site output totals in the network's history. The coverage during those years was broad: casino reviews, wagering guides, poker content (which he understood from the inside, having written a poker bestseller), and sports betting analysis.

His current role as Betting Analyst at Covers.com, which he joined in 2022, is his most public professional credential. Covers is a major North American sports betting publication with editorial standards that reflect institutional accountability. His methodology there — focusing on line value based on deviations from the closing market rather than traditional handicapping — reflects an analytical approach to betting that informs how he writes about it.

Away from betting analysis: he competes on the World Curling Tour in mixed doubles and runs Chess on Ice, a curling YouTube channel. He applied the same analytical approach to become a successful curling bettor during the Olympics. His Twitter handle is @erscimia, with a Muck Rack profile confirming a verifiable professional record across his full career.