Isai Scheinberg (Hebrew: ישי שיינברג; born 1946 or 1947) is the Lithuanian Jewish[1][2] founder of the PokerStars online poker site.
He settled there in Richmond Hill, where in 2011 he still owned the house he had bought in 1988.
[2] In 2011, Scheinberg was indicted on five criminal charges related to Pokerstars under United States federal laws.
[5] Scheinberg sold his stake in Pokerstars to Amaya Gaming in 2014 for $4.9 billion.
[6] Well known for his sense of personal privacy, he gave his first ever media interview to Lance Bradley in 2021.