{"id":37,"name":"Cort Smith","url":"","description":"Reporter \u2012 Sports and Sports Betting, Gaming Legislation, Global Casino Business, Canadian Gaming Industry\r\nCort Smith joined Casino.org as a news writer in 2018. His media background began with the Global News Network in Canada, where he served as producer, reporter, and anchor between 2000 and 2016, working on national broadcasts. \r\nAn avid fantasy football player, his work has also been featured on fantasy analytic sites like RotoViz.com and numberFire.com. Cort has been writing sports betting analysis for The Action Network since the 2018 NFL season kicked off as well.\r\nA passionate world traveler, he has spent extensive time in Asia, Australia, and the EU. He enjoys poker and is a hardcore Edmonton Oilers and Denver Broncos fan. Cort lives in British Columbia, where he can be found fly fishing when he\u2019s not writing and following sports.","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/cort-smith\/","slug":"cort-smith","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-48x48.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-96x96.jpg"},"meta":[],"acf":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":261320,"full":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith.jpg","blog_id":1,"192":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-192x192.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-96x96.jpg","500":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith.jpg","100":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-100x100.jpg","50":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-50x50.jpg","64":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-64x64.jpg","32":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-32x32.jpg","600":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith.jpg","300":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-300x300.jpg","24":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cort-smith-48x48.jpg"},"yoast_head":"\n