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New Jersey Fines Firms $40K For Sports Betting Violations
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey gambling regulators have actually given out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech business for violations that included taking bets on unauthorized occasions, and on games that had currently ended.

In information 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 technology company Kambi.

According to by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball video game between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had currently concluded with a UNC victory.

Kambi informed the enforcement division that a trader had actually failed to by hand remove that game from its wagering markets, saying it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting data company due to a network connection error. Kambi stated it has upgraded its guidelines and re-trained its traders to prevent a recurrence.
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Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately react to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street decreased comment, and DraftKings had no instant comment Monday. DraftKings stopped utilizing Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets totaling simply under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were currently understood.

Kambi informed the department it experienced a connection concern that allowed the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. A description of what Kambi did to deal with the scenario was blacked out in documents released by the department.

A month previously Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on an Expert Golf Association match after the occasion had currently started. In this case, Kambi told the division a freshly employed trader failed to get in the correct closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a manager underwent retraining.
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DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved occasions including Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It ultimately voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the cash to clients after being directed to do so by the state.

In this case, Kambi informed the division it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was approved 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 improperly allowed the occasions for sports betting without conditions required by the state, the division said.
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In Feb. 2022, the division stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets including specific players but did not offer the state particular 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 clients.

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