State Senator Ray Lesniak Likes PokerStars’ Chances in New Jersey

Long time online gaming advocate Ray Lesniak says a PokerStars presence in AC would be in the best interests of the state.

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New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak says a PokerStars license would be in New Jersey’s “best interests.”
He rejects entrenched casino interests’ opposition to the online goliath’s application.
“The biggest and the bestest with the mostest is going to have a presence here in New Jersey.”

In an interview with PokerNews, New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak has expressed his optimism that PokerStars will be approved by the Division of Gaming Enforcement for a gambling license.

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Jocelyn Wood, Editor Joss is a graduate in English from the University of Birmingham and has a Master’s Degree in Organisational Development from the University of Manchester. His career path has taken him from the British Army, through business & finance to seven years as a successful professional poker player. His experience of the European Union, law, accounting, finance, regulation and online poker provide the basis for his insights in the PRO specialist categories of Industry and Law & Regulation. As CEO he steered his own company through full Financial Services Authority regulation, and was asked by Morgan Stanley to take their UK mortgage business through the same process. Although British, he lives in Arequipa, Peru, set high in the mountains and surrounded by volcanoes. He is married to a Peruvian and has three children.

Article published on October 16, 2013.

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