ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey sports betting regulators have actually distributed $40,000 in fines to 2 sportsbooks and a tech business for offenses that included taking bets on unauthorized events, and on video games that had actually currently ended.
In details revealed 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 wagering technology company Kambi.
According to documents 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 success.
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Kambi told the enforcement department that a trader had failed to manually eliminate that game from its wagering markets, saying it had actually stopped receiving messages from its own sports betting data company due to a error. Kambi said it has updated its standards and re-trained its traders to prevent a reoccurrence.
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Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street decreased remark, and DraftKings had no instant comment Monday. DraftKings stopped utilizing Kambi in 2021.
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In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets amounting to just under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai games after the outcomes were already known.
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Kambi informed the department 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 scenario was blacked out in documents released by the department.
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A month earlier Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match chances on an Expert Golf Association match after the event had actually currently begun. In this case, Kambi informed the department a newly hired trader failed to go into the right 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 9 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 approved for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not capture the mistake, either.
In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi improperly enabled the events for wagering without conditions required by the state, the division stated.
In Feb. 2022, the division said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving particular gamers but did not offer the state specific details on what details was to be consisted of in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later voided and refunded to clients.
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