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 actually handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech business for offenses that included taking bets on unapproved occasions, and on games that had already ended.

In details made public Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined $20,000. It likewise levied $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting innovation business 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 game had actually already concluded with a UNC success.

Kambi told the enforcement division that a trader had actually stopped working to by hand eliminate that video game from its wagering markets, saying it had actually stopped receiving messages from its own sports betting data supplier due to a network connectivity error. Kambi stated it has updated its guidelines and retrained its traders to avoid a recurrence.
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Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not instantly react to a message seeking remark Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no instant remark Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets amounting to simply under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai games after the outcomes were currently understood.

Kambi informed the department it experienced a connectivity issue that permitted the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. A description of what Kambi did to address the scenario 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 a Professional Golf Association match after the event had actually currently begun. In this case, Kambi informed the division a recently hired trader failed to go into the right closing time time for bets on the occasion. The trader and a manager went through re-training.

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 cash to consumers after being directed to do so by the state.
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In this case, Kambi told the division it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was authorized for sports betting in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not capture the error, either.

In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly allowed the occasions for sports betting without conditions required by the state, the division stated.
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In Feb. 2022, the department stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets including specific players however did not provide the state specific details on what details was to be consisted of in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth almost $7,000 that were later voided and reimbursed to clients.
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