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Marcus Rivera
Compliance & Payments Editor at SweepstakeSites
Chicago, IL · 28 articles published
About Marcus
Marcus Rivera is a South Side Chicago guy who started his career in fintech compliance, spending three years as a compliance analyst at an early-stage payments startup where he learned every regulation from KYC/AML to state money transmitter licensing. He then joined Gambling.com, one of the largest iGaming affiliate networks in the world, where he spent two years as a regulatory content specialist covering state-by-state gambling legislation, operator licensing requirements, and consumer protection frameworks across US markets. That combination of hands-on compliance work and editorial experience is exactly what the sweepstakes space needs. Marcus covers everything legal at SweepstakeSites: state-by-state eligibility, KYC verification, payment processing, redemption timelines, and the fine print that platforms hope you'll skip. He tracks sweepstakes legislation across all 50 states and updates the guides the minute something changes. If a platform makes the withdrawal process confusing on purpose, Marcus is going to call that out. No sugarcoating.Professional Background
- Current: Compliance & Payments Editor, SweepstakeSites.com
- Previously: Gambling.com
- Previously: FinTech compliance startup
- Education: B.A. Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
Areas of Expertise
State legality
KYC verification
Payment methods
Regulatory compliance
Legal compliance, state eligibility, payment methods, KYC guides, withdrawal timelines
Articles by Marcus
Marcus Rivera has published 28 articles on SweepstakeSites covering legal compliance, state eligibility, payment methods, kyc guides, withdrawal timelines.