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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 handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for violations that consisted of taking bets on unauthorized events, and on video games that had currently ended.

In details made public Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It also imposed $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting technology business 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 between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had currently concluded with a UNC success.

Kambi informed the enforcement department that a trader had stopped working to by hand remove that game from its sports betting markets, saying it had stopped receiving messages from its own sports betting data company due to a network connection mistake. Kambi said it has actually upgraded its guidelines and its traders to avoid a recurrence.

Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not instantly respond to a message looking for remark Monday. Rush Street decreased comment, and DraftKings had no instant comment Monday. DraftKings stopped utilizing Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets totaling just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were currently understood.
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Kambi told the department it experienced a connection issue that enabled the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. An explanation of what Kambi did to deal with the situation was blacked out in documents 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 started. In this case, Kambi told the division a freshly employed trader failed to get in the proper closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a manager underwent re-training.
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DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events including Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the money to clients after being directed to do so by the state.
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In this case, Kambi told the division it misidentified this specific Russian basketball league as one that was authorized for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings informed the state it did not catch the mistake, either.

In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly enabled the events for sports betting without conditions required by the state, the department stated.
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In Feb. 2022, the division said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving specific players however did not provide the state specific information on what info was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later on voided and reimbursed to clients.

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