{"id":44,"name":"Ed Silverstein","url":"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. \r\n\r\nHis past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. \r\n\r\nEd holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives.\r\n\r\nEd currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. \r\n\r\nContact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/","slug":"ed-silverstein","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-24x24.png","48":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-48x48.png","96":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png"},"meta":[],"acf":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":263573,"full":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1.png","blog_id":1,"192":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-192x192.png","96":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","100":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-100x100.png","50":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-50x50.png","500":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1.png","64":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-64x64.png","32":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-32x32.png","128":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-128x128.png","52":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-52x52.png","26":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-26x26.png","600":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1.png","300":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-300x300.png","48":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-48x48.png","24":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-24x24.png","36":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-36x36.png","18":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-18x18.png"},"yoast_head":"\n