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 handed out $40,000 in fines to 2 sportsbooks and a tech company for offenses that included taking bets on unauthorized occasions, and on games that had already ended.
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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 wagering innovation business Kambi.
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According to 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 game had actually currently concluded with a UNC success.

Kambi informed the enforcement department that a trader had stopped working to manually get rid of that game from its sports betting markets, saying it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting information company due to a network connectivity mistake. Kambi stated it has actually upgraded its standards and retrained its traders to avoid a recurrence.
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Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not instantly respond to a message seeking remark Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no instant comment Monday. DraftKings stopped utilizing Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets amounting to just under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai video games after the results were already known.

Kambi informed the department it experienced a connection concern that enabled the bets to be accepted after the games were over. An explanation of what Kambi did to deal with the situation was blacked out in files launched by the division.

A month earlier Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on an Expert Golf Association match after the occasion had already begun. In this case, Kambi informed the division a recently employed trader failed to enter the right closing time time for bets on the occasion. The trader and a manager underwent re-training.

DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events consisting of Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the cash to consumers after being directed to do so by the state.
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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 informed the state it did not catch the error, either.
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In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly allowed the occasions for sports betting without conditions needed by the state, the division stated.

In Feb. 2022, the division stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving particular gamers but did not give the state particular info on what info was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth almost $7,000 that were later voided and refunded to customers.
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