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 distributed $40,000 in fines to 2 sportsbooks and a tech company for infractions that included taking bets on unapproved events, and on video games that had currently ended.
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In details made public Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It likewise imposed $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting innovation business 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 in between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had actually already concluded with a UNC triumph.

Kambi informed the enforcement division that a trader had actually failed to by hand get rid of that game from its sports betting markets, stating it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting information company due to a network connectivity mistake. Kambi said it has actually updated its standards and retrained its traders to avoid a reoccurrence.

Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not right away react to a message seeking remark Monday. Rush Street declined remark, and DraftKings had no instant comment Monday. DraftKings stopped utilizing Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets totaling just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were currently understood.

Kambi informed 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 situation was blacked out in by the division.

A month previously Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on a Professional Golf Association match after the event had actually currently begun. In this case, Kambi told the division a freshly hired trader failed to get in the proper closing time time for bets on the occasion. The trader and a supervisor underwent retraining.

DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved occasions consisting of Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the cash to customers after being directed to do so by the state.
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In this case, Kambi informed the department it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was approved for sports betting in New Jersey. DraftKings informed the state it did not capture the mistake, either.
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In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly allowed the events for wagering without conditions required by the state, the department stated.

In Feb. 2022, the division said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets including specific players but did not offer the state specific info on what details was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later voided and reimbursed to consumers.
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