PokerStars<\/a> and Full Tilt’s corporate governance since being acquired for $4.9 billion by Amaya in June of 2014 predominantly came down to determining the moral standards of the group’s new leaders.<\/p>\nThe poker networks were labeled “bad actors” by the federal government for continuing to operate in the United States following the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.<\/p>\n
After the seizing of their assets on April 15, 2011, it was largely assumed PokerStars’ days in America had been forever folded.<\/p>\n
America loves a good comeback, and a second chance is precisely what New Jersey has afforded the world’s most robust online poker network.<\/p>\n
Amaya’s purchasing of the two platforms for nearly $5 billion along with the corporation now publicly traded on Nasdaq, one might think Baazov would be smart to hire from outside simply to gain all the favor he can with state and federal regulators.<\/p>\n
But the 2015 PokerStars is no longer the PokerStars that the Scheinbergs founded back in 2011.<\/p>\n
It’s now under Baazov’s leadership, a 35-year-young CEO that apparently has nothing to hide.<\/p>\n
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The Rational Group has named Rafi Ashkenazi its new chief executive officer to oversee the PokerStars and Full Tilt online poker brands as parent company Amaya guides the networks into its next chapter operating in the United States. New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) took many months to investigate whether Amaya’s licensing application came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":32399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Rational Group Appoints New CEO in Accordance With New Jersey Demands<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n