Dana Cortez

Marcus BellBy Marcus Bell, fact-checked by Dana Cortez · June 2026 · 21+

Dana Cortez
Dana Cortez
Bonuses & Compliance Editor · Pittsburgh, PA · 8 years' experience

About Dana Cortez

Dana is from Pittsburgh and spent six years in financial-services compliance before moving into iGaming editorial, where the same skill — reading the terms nobody else reads — turned out to be exactly what players needed.

At Carriage House Philly she owns every number: she fact-checks each bonus figure, wagering requirement and max-cashout cap on the site against the casino's live terms, and flags anything that has changed. If a headline bonus is undercut by a 60x wagering requirement, her notes are why our review says so plainly.

She is sceptical of big percentage matches by default and will always point readers to the real cost of a bonus. Outside work she restores vintage road bikes and runs the occasional half-marathon along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail.

Areas of Expertise

How Dana Reviews Casinos

Dana verifies bonuses against the operator's live terms, calculates the true playthrough cost behind each headline match, and confirms licensing status before a casino is listed. She treats a casino's failure to honour its own published terms as disqualifying.

By the Numbers

8
Years in compliance & iGaming
15
Brands fact-checked
100%
Bonus figures verified

Credentials

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Editorial Standards

Dana follows our editorial policy and helps rank the PA online casinos on this site. Reach the team via our contact page.