1 New Jersey Fines Firms $40K For Sports Betting Violations
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey gambling regulators have given out $40,000 in fines to 2 sportsbooks and a tech business for offenses that consisted of taking bets on unauthorized occasions, and on games that had currently 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 innovation company Kambi.

According to documents launched 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 already concluded with a UNC victory.
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Kambi told the enforcement department that a trader had stopped working to manually get rid of that video game from its sports betting markets, stating it had stopped receiving messages from its own sports betting data supplier due to a network connection error. Kambi said it has actually updated its standards and retrained its traders to prevent a recurrence.

Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not instantly react to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street decreased remark, and DraftKings had no immediate remark Monday. DraftKings stopped utilizing Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets amounting to simply under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai video games after the outcomes were currently understood.
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Kambi told the department it experienced a connectivity problem that allowed the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. A description of what Kambi did to address the situation was blacked out in files launched by the division.

A month earlier Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match chances on a Professional Golf Association match after the event had actually currently begun. In this case, Kambi told the division a newly worked with trader failed to go into the correct closing time time for bets on the occasion. The trader and a manager went through retraining.

DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events consisting of Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the cash to clients after being directed to do so by the state.
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In this case, Kambi told the department it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was approved for sports betting in New Jersey. DraftKings told 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 improperly made it possible for the occasions for sports betting without conditions required by the state, the department stated.
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In Feb. 2022, the department stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets including specific players however did not give the state info on what information was to be consisted of in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later voided and refunded to consumers.

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