1 New Jersey Fines Firms $40K For Sports Betting Violations
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey sports betting regulators have actually distributed $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech business for violations that included taking bets on unapproved occasions, and on video games that had actually already ended.
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In details made public Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It likewise levied $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting wagering technology company Kambi.

According to documents launched by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball video game in between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had actually currently concluded with a UNC success.

Kambi informed the enforcement department that a trader had actually failed to by hand eliminate that game from its wagering markets, stating it had actually stopped getting messages from its own sports betting data supplier due to a network connectivity mistake. Kambi stated it has actually updated its guidelines and retrained its traders to avoid a reoccurrence.
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Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street decreased comment, and DraftKings had no instant comment Monday. DraftKings stopped utilizing Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets totaling just under $2,900 on 3 Magic Alai video games after the outcomes were currently understood.

Kambi informed the department it experienced a connectivity issue that allowed the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. A description of what Kambi did to address the scenario was blacked out in files launched by the division.
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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 currently started. In this case, Kambi told the division a newly employed trader stopped working to go into the proper closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a supervisor went through retraining.
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DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events including Russian basketball for 9 months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the cash to customers after being directed to do so by the state.

In this case, Kambi informed the department it misidentified this specific Russian basketball league as one that was authorized for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not capture the error, either.

In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly enabled the events for sports betting without conditions required by the state, the division stated.

In Feb. 2022, the department said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving particular gamers however did not give the state specific info on what information was to be consisted of in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth almost $7,000 that were later voided and reimbursed to consumers.

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