Mike Randall

Mike Randall is a Herald Sun journalist. The HS in his Twitter handle @MickRandallHS isn't decorative — it's how Herald Sun staff identify themselves publicly, backed by a live byline page at heraldsun.com.au/journalists/michael-randall. The Australian and CODE Sports bylines round out a mainstream sports journalism profile that sits alongside his gambling content career.

His 389 australiangambling.com.au articles brought the habits of mainstream newsroom journalism to digital gambling content — accuracy under deadline, the instinct to verify rather than assert, and a working knowledge of Australian sport that informed his sports betting coverage. NRL, AFL, racing, international sport: Randall understood the games before he understood the markets, which is the right order for writing about wagering.

His Herald Sun career predates and postdates his AG work, which means his gambling writing sits within a longer mainstream journalism career rather than representing his entire professional record. The credibility that carries over from The Australian and CODE Sports bylines to his casino and betting content is the credibility of someone who works to institutional editorial standards in their primary job.