About The Author
Ollie swapped the abacus for Sonic on the SEGA Mega Drive at neighbor Frank's house at an early age and has never looked back. He's whittled away a staggering amount of hours in yearly releases from FA Premier League Manager 1998 through to FM26, as well as fully nerding WoW Classic with six accounts, a rank fourteen mage and multiple alts with full Naxxramas gear. Ollie has been at the intersection of video games, esports, and gambling for over ten years and has also worked in consultancy in the gambling industry. Ollie's work can be found on the likes of: BBC, Red Bull Gaming, Esports Insider, CasinoBeats, PC Gamer, Green Man Gaming as well as his own thought-leadership substack "Esprouts" looking at specific studies and stories where games meet gambling.
