New Jersey Fines Firms $40K For Sports Betting Violations
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey sports betting regulators have handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for offenses that consisted of taking bets on unauthorized occasions, and on games that had currently ended.
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In information made public Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It also imposed $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting wagering technology business Kambi.

According to files released 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 already concluded with a UNC success.

Kambi told the enforcement department that a trader had failed to manually remove that game from its wagering markets, saying it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting information service provider due to a network connection mistake. Kambi said 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 right away react to a message seeking remark Monday. Rush Street decreased remark, and DraftKings had no immediate remark Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets totaling simply under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were already understood.
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Kambi told the department it experienced a connectivity concern that enabled the bets to be accepted after the games were over. An explanation of what Kambi did to address the scenario was blacked out in files launched by the department.

A month earlier Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on a Professional Golf Association match after the occasion had actually already begun. In this case, Kambi informed the department a newly hired trader failed to get in the proper closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a manager underwent re-training.

DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved occasions consisting of Russian basketball for 9 months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the money to clients after being directed to do so by the state.

In this case, Kambi informed the division it misidentified this specific Russian basketball league as one that was approved for sports betting in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not capture the error, either.
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In 2020, 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly enabled 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 specific gamers but did not provide the state particular information on what information was to be consisted of in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later on voided and reimbursed to consumers.

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