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

In information made public Monday, the New of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It likewise levied $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting wagering innovation company Kambi.
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According to files released by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball game between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had currently concluded with a UNC triumph.

Kambi informed the enforcement division that a trader had failed to by hand remove that game from its sports betting markets, saying it had actually stopped getting messages from its own sports betting information supplier due to a network connectivity mistake. Kambi said it has upgraded its standards and re-trained its traders to avoid a reoccurrence.

Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately respond to a message looking for remark Monday. Rush Street decreased remark, 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 games after the results were already known.
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Kambi told the department it experienced a connectivity issue that permitted the bets to be accepted after the games were over. A description of what Kambi did to address the situation was blacked out in documents launched by the department.

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 currently begun. In this case, Kambi told the division a freshly worked with trader failed to get in the appropriate closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a supervisor went through retraining.

DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved occasions including Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the money to consumers after being directed to do so by the state.

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

In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi improperly made it possible for the occasions for wagering without conditions needed by the state, the department stated.

In Feb. 2022, the division said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving specific gamers however did not offer the state particular 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 clients.
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