Our Editorial Team
Every review, ranking, and guide on Daily Worker Placement is written by a named human editor with verifiable U.S. gaming-industry experience. Below is the full editorial roster — bios, credentials, and the categories each editor owns.
We do not publish anonymous content, syndicated affiliate copy, or AI-generated articles. If you can't see a byline, it's not on this site. Editorial decisions are made by the team below, independently from our commercial team. Read our full editorial standards.
Leadership
Marcus Trent
Editor-in-Chief
Marcus founded Daily Worker Placement in 2019 after eight years on the Las Vegas Strip covering casino floor operations and loyalty programs. He holds a B.S. in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is a member of the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL). Marcus oversees the 28-point scoring rubric and personally reviews every casino in our top-five list each quarter.
Casino Reviews & Games
Diane Okafor
Senior Casino Reviews Editor
Diane leads our individual casino reviews and live-dealer coverage. Before joining DWP in 2020, she spent six years as a games-mathematics consultant working with online casino software providers on slot RTP modeling and live-dealer studio analytics. She holds an M.S. in Statistics from Rutgers and is widely cited on RTP transparency in the US-facing online gaming market.
Sports Betting
Raymond Castillo
Sports Betting Editor
Raymond covers US-facing sportsbook reviews, NFL and NBA handicapping, daily fantasy sports, and crypto sportsbook banking. He spent four years as a content director at a Philadelphia-based handicapping service before joining DWP in 2022 and has been handicapping professionally for over a decade.
Payments & Compliance
Leslie Hagen
Payments & Compliance Editor
Leslie covers casino banking, crypto-withdrawal testing, KYC processes, and international gaming licensing. She came to DWP from a payments-fintech background — three years at a major payment processor focused on crypto merchant onboarding for regulated gaming and entertainment clients. Leslie personally runs our quarterly withdrawal-speed audits across every casino we cover.
Responsible Gambling
Anthony Park
Responsible Gambling Editor & NCPG Liaison
Anthony oversees responsible-gambling content, our compliance with the National Council on Problem Gambling's affiliate code of conduct, and our editorial standards for harm reduction. He is a certified Gambling Addiction Counselor (CGAC-I) and previously worked at a state-funded problem-gambling helpline in Connecticut. Anthony approves all bonus and CTA copy before it is published.
Editorial standards
Every author on this team operates under our published editorial standards:
- Bylined articles only — no anonymous posts
- No content written or assisted by generative AI without explicit editor disclosure
- Every casino review is updated at minimum quarterly
- Conflict-of-interest disclosure required for any personal financial relationship with covered operators
- All authors complete annual responsible-gambling training
- Corrections are timestamped and visible on the affected page
Want to contribute?
We occasionally bring in freelance contributors with deep expertise in a specific state's gaming market, a specific game category, or responsible-gambling research. If that describes you, send a CV and a writing sample to [email protected]. We do not accept guest posts pitched purely for backlink purposes.
Need help with a gambling problem? Free, confidential, 24/7 support is available from the National Council on Problem Gambling at 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537). More resources on our Responsible Gambling page.