ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey sports betting regulators have given out $40,000 in fines to 2 sportsbooks and a tech company for offenses that included taking bets on unapproved occasions, and on games that had already ended.
In info 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 innovation company Kambi.
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According to files launched 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 game had actually already concluded with a UNC victory.
Kambi informed the enforcement department that a trader had stopped working to manually remove that video game from its sports betting markets, saying it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting data company due to a network connectivity error. Kambi stated it has updated its standards and retrained its traders to prevent a reoccurrence.
Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately react to a message looking for comment Monday. Rush Street decreased comment, and DraftKings had no instant comment Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.
In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets totaling just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai video games after the results were currently understood.
Kambi told the division it experienced a connectivity concern that enabled the bets to be accepted after the games were over. A description of what Kambi did to attend to the scenario was blacked out in files 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 currently started. In this case, Kambi informed the department a freshly hired trader stopped working to go into the proper closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a manager went through retraining.
DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events including Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It ultimately 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 told 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 improperly allowed the events for sports betting without by the state, the division stated.
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In Feb. 2022, the department stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving specific players however did not give the state specific information on what information was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth almost $7,000 that were later voided and reimbursed to clients.
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New Jersey Fines Firms $40K For Sports Betting Violations
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