1 New Jersey Fines Firms $40K For Sports Betting Violations
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey gambling regulators have handed out $40,000 in fines to 2 sportsbooks and a tech company for infractions that consisted of taking bets on unauthorized occasions, and on games that had already ended.

In details revealed 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 innovation business Kambi.

According to documents released by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had actually already concluded with a UNC success.
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Kambi told the enforcement division that a trader had failed to by hand get rid of that video game from its wagering markets, saying it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting data supplier due to a network connectivity error. Kambi said it has actually upgraded its guidelines and retrained its traders to avoid a reoccurrence.

Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not instantly react to a message looking for remark Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no immediate comment Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.
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In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets totaling just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the outcomes were already known.
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Kambi told the division it experienced a connection problem that enabled the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. A description of what Kambi did to deal with the situation was blacked out in files launched by the department.
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A month previously Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match chances on an Expert Golf Association match after the event had actually currently started. In this case, Kambi told the division a freshly worked with trader failed to go into the proper 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 including Russian basketball for 9 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.

In this case, Kambi informed the division it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was approved for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not catch the mistake, either.

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

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

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