"When compliance with the SEC’s amended Rule 15c2-11 became mandatory on September 28, 2021, the OTC market changed dramatically, and probably forever. On October 15, OTC Markets Group reported that 2,247 former Pink No Information issuers had been dumped to the Expert Market, where U.S. brokers will allow their clients to sell, but not buy. The “lotto plays” of the good old days are no more. Former penny addicts in need of a fix must look elsewhere. Some have migrated to the “meme stocks”; others have been buying stock and warrants in special purpose acquisition companies, known as “SPACs.”