Linda White, Head of News
Linda was born and grew up in the country of Malta, she would always attribute her interest in online casinos to that fateful day, 5 years ago when she read an article about a huge jackpot win. She became passionate about iGaming industry and started reading more about gambling and intimating herself with the workings of the iGaming industry. Before this time, she’s been working for some local newspapers as a writer on indigenous Italian cuisine recipes, due to her growing interest in casinos, she joined one of the Malta online casinos where she started working as a full-time copywriter. It was at this point that the offer to work in OnlineCasinoRivals.com came up and she left this job to work for OnlineCasinoRivals.com.
Linda is currently the head of the news department, which is in charge of monitoring and getting updates on the latest happenings in the casino industry. Her wealth of experience, expertise and contributions has proven her to be indispensable and essential to the success of OnlineCasinoRivals.com. She is a mentor and a role model to younger members of her team. She always makes sure that OnlineCasinoRivals.com delivers the latest information about online casinos on time. Linda loves to cook and her main speciality is Italian cuisine. When she doesn’t write or cook, she can be found in a local gym.
Quick Facts About Linda
Name and Surname: Linda White
Job title: Head of News
Start date: June 2017
Nationality: Maltese
Current location: Malta
Age: 30
Interests: cooking, reading, doing sport
Dream destination: Cambodia
Favourite slot game: Henzel and Gretel from NetEnt
No. 1 online casino: Royal Panda Casino
Interview with Linda
Q: What do you do to make OnlineCasinoRivals.com work?
A: I am the head of the news team so I ensure that interesting casino news are gathered, edited and published daily for our readers.
Q: What are the solutions to a gambling addiction problem?
A: The primary solution is to leave gambling for some time. If this cannot be done, then there are some gambling anonymous casinos that deals in low wages and are specifically for those people trying to deal with gambling addiction. There are also several organizations creating awareness and helping gambling addicts, one of such is Gambling aware.
Q: What in your view are the top must have qualities of an online casino?
A: An online casino is expected to have tight security measures to protect customers data and money, regular bonuses, an amazing set of games, a VIP club and a good website navigation to mention a few.
Q: What’s the most difficult thing about your job?
A: I don't really see anything as difficult in my line of job, events are happening everyday, so getting news is quite easy, well the hard aspect may be in the collating of these news and determining which one is suitable for printing and what do reader want to read.
Q: Where do you see OnlineCasinoRivals.com in a couple of years?
A: I see it expanding, in terms of more readership base, and in 5 years’ time, OnlineCasinoRivals.com would be the go-to authority for anything casino related.
Q: Name three things that people reading this article don’t know about you.
A: 1) I am married with two amazing children who not surprisingly are developing interest in online casinos.
2) I once won a writing competition in my high school.
3) Whenever I am working, I love listening to classical music especially renditions of Beethoven.
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