THE AMERICAS

Betfair set a May 10 date for the launch of America’s first exchange wagering site; New Jersey said its online gambling licensees could operate in international grey markets; Kentucky became the fourth state to launch online lottery sales; Canada’s Liberal government announced its opposition to single-game sports betting; a Canadian law firm mulled a class action suit against GVC Holdings; a federal judge cleared the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma to launch its PokerTribe.com site; Boyd Gaming paid $380m for the Aliante casino in North Las Vegas; Delaware earned record online gambling revenue in March; Bitcoin online casino site Coinroll suffered a data leak while Soar Payments’ Andrew Egan listed four benefits Bitcoin offered merchant payment processors; Sheldon Adelson upped the allowance of his anti-online gambling coalition; Massachusetts’ first casino failed to spark an expected crime wave; attorney Martin Owens urged customers and businesses to play their role in reforming gambling laws; Amaya Gaming spokesman Eric Hollreiser admitted his firm aren’t strangers to controversy and Rebecca Liggero previewed the top five sessions at the upcoming GiGSE 2016.

EUROPE

Ladbrokes had a stellar Q1 despite a seriously sucky Cheltenham; Betclic Everest announced it was closing its French-facing Everest Poker site; Russia’s finance minister said he wanted to capture ‘grey’ market revenue then hit online bookies with a new 10% tax; another German court said the country’s sports betting treaty was illegal; Bet365 became the first bookie to score headline naming rights on a Premier League stadium; Portugal’s new online gambling regime might not allow poker networks; Oulala Games’ Valery Bollier explained big data’s influence on sports betting and Rebecca Liggero re(handi)capped all the action at the Betting on Football Conference 2016.