ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey gambling regulators have actually handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech business for infractions that consisted of taking bets on unapproved events, and on games that had already ended.
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In details 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 innovation company Kambi.
According to files released by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball game in between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the game had already concluded with a UNC victory.
Kambi told the enforcement division that a trader had failed to by hand 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 connection mistake. Kambi said it has upgraded its guidelines and re-trained its traders to prevent a reoccurrence.
Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not instantly react to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no instant remark Monday. DraftKings stopped utilizing Kambi in 2021.
In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets amounting to just under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai video games after the outcomes were currently known.
Kambi told the division it experienced a connectivity problem that permitted the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. A description of what Kambi did to resolve 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 already started. In this case, Kambi told the department a freshly worked with trader failed to go into the appropriate closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a supervisor underwent 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 consumers 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 authorized for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not catch the error, either.
In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly allowed the occasions for wagering without conditions needed by the state, the department said.
In Feb. 2022, the department said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving particular players however did not offer the state particular 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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