That leads me to believe there were very deep problems within the administration of that site,probably a big conflict of interest among those who were in charge of running it. Who knows, there is a chance someone in the staff wanted to have a good casino while other just wanted to exit scam when the time was appropriate to him and there were struggling for their own interests...
If I may offer perspective from my own [personal] professional career, such cases where shareholders or the higher-ups are disagreeing about the direction of their company are not uncommon. And usually, it's solved through finding a middle way, taking majority votes if necessary, and on severe case, offering a buy out for the partners. One or two even publicly announced [it's a small business close to where I live] that they have internal issues and will come back with solution in an undetermined time, but assure that they will give their best, clear all of their duties and responsibilities, and then pull the brake while they internally solving their issue. None of the companies with these issues in the past from my experience took the houdini act.