THE AMERICAS

Quebec’s securities regulator filed insider trading charges against Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov over illegal trades in seven companies; DraftKings and FanDuel reached a deal to exit the New York market and Yahoo followed them to the exits the following day; Pinnacle Sports won control of the Pinnacle.com domain; New York politicians included online poker language in their new budget proposal; Baha Mar’s receivers officially began looking for a buyer for the stalled $3.5b casino project and gaming law attorney Cory Levi pondered the wisdom of Quebec’s proposal to IP-block online gambling sites it doesn’t like.

EUROPE

William Hill issued a profit warning after 3k online customers opted for self-exclusion in the first two months of 2016; betting firms’ spending nearly tripled on European football league shirt sponsorships in one year; Russia’s bookmakers struggled to adapt to the country’s new licensing and payments regime; Sporting Index branched out with a new online casino; Oddschecker’s Andy Lulham revealed ways to survive the cutthroat affiliate marketing sector; The Mobile House’s Richard Downey claimed TV advertising campaigns were no longer just for gambling’s major players; OpenBet’s Peter James explained why real-time data was just the ticket for a better user experience and David Vamplew took issue with PokerStars attempting to disguise the impact of its new rake increases.