ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey sports betting regulators have handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech business for offenses that consisted of taking bets on unapproved events, and on games that had already ended.
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In info revealed Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It likewise imposed $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting wagering technology business Kambi.
According to files released by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball video game between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had currently concluded with a UNC success.
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Kambi told the enforcement department that a trader had actually stopped working to manually remove that game from its sports betting markets, stating it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting information provider due to a network connection mistake. Kambi stated it has actually updated its standards and retrained its traders to prevent a recurrence.
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Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately react to a message seeking remark Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no immediate comment Monday. utilizing Kambi in 2021.
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In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets totaling just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were currently understood.
Kambi told the division it experienced a connectivity issue that permitted the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. A description of what Kambi did to address the circumstance was blacked out in documents released by the department.
A month previously Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match chances on a Professional Golf Association match after the event had actually already begun. In this case, Kambi told the department a recently worked with trader failed to go into the appropriate closing time time for bets on the occasion. The trader and a manager went through retraining.
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DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved occasions consisting of Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the cash to clients after being directed to do so by the state.
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In this case, Kambi told the department it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was authorized for sports betting in New Jersey. DraftKings informed the state it did not catch the error, either.
In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly made it possible for the events for sports betting without conditions needed by the state, the division said.
In Feb. 2022, the division stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving specific gamers however did not offer the state specific details on what info was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later on voided and reimbursed to consumers.
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