Mansour appointed as Full Tilt MD
Ex-Health Lottery chief exec takes over from interim boss Rafi Ashkenazi as head of Full Tilt Poker
Former Health Lottery CEO Dominic Mansour has been named as the new managing director of Full Tilt Poker.
Mansour (pictured) will take over from Rational Group COO Rafi Ashkenazi, who has been serving as acting managing director on an interim basis, on April 22. He will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Full Tilt brand and business.
“Dominic’s experience aligns very well with our plans for Full Tilt,” Ashkenazi said.
“He has strong commercial experience, a great marketing background, and first-class product knowledge across poker, casino and sportsbook. We’re very happy to have him on-board,” Ashkenazi added.
eGaming Review reported in January that Full Tilt parent company Rational Group was still recruiting for the role, which had been vacant since Full Tilt was acquired by PokerStars owner Rational Group in July 2012.
Mansour said he was “excited to lead the charge” of Rational Group’s expansion strategy. “In addition to continuing to innovate on the popular poker platform, we’ll be introducing exciting new games to our players, all supported by the exceptional customer support, security and integrity of the Rational Group,” he said.
Mansour, who joined the Health Lottery from GTECH in January 2013, left the operator by mutual consent in February after just 13 months in the role.
During his tenure, Mansour oversaw a period of growth for the company in which it launched an online bingo product as well as a fixed-odds lottery variant through bookie Coral.
Last summer Rational Group announced plans for Full Tilt to enter the casino space, appointing former Betfair director Sam Hobcraft to manage the new venture and striking a content deal with Leander Games.