ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey sports betting regulators have given out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for infractions that included taking bets on unapproved events, and on games that had actually currently ended.
In information 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 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 in between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had currently concluded with a UNC success.
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Kambi informed the that a trader had failed to manually get rid of that video game from its wagering markets, stating it had stopped receiving messages from its own sports betting information provider due to a network connection error. Kambi said 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 right away respond to a message looking for comment Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no instant comment Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.
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In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets amounting to simply under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were already understood.
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Kambi informed the department it experienced a connectivity problem that allowed the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. An explanation of what Kambi did to resolve the circumstance was blacked out in documents launched by the division.
A month previously Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match chances on an Expert Golf Association match after the event had actually already started. In this case, Kambi told the department a recently worked with trader failed to get in the right 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 told the department it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was authorized for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings informed the state it did not catch the error, either.
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In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly enabled the events for wagering without conditions required by the state, the department said.
In Feb. 2022, the department stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets including specific gamers however did not give the state specific info on what information was to be consisted of in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth almost $7,000 that were later on voided and refunded to consumers.
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