ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey gambling regulators have actually $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech business for violations that consisted of taking bets on unauthorized events, and on games that had currently ended.

In information revealed 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 innovation business 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.

Kambi informed 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 information service provider due to a network connection mistake. Kambi stated it has updated its guidelines and re-trained its traders to avoid a recurrence.
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Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not right away react 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 totaling simply under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai video games after the outcomes were currently understood.

Kambi informed the department it experienced a connectivity issue that enabled the bets to be accepted after the games were over. A description of what Kambi did to attend to the situation was blacked out in files released by the division.

A month previously Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on a Professional Golf Association match after the occasion had actually already begun. In this case, Kambi told the division a newly hired trader failed to enter the proper closing time time for bets on the occasion. The trader and a supervisor underwent re-training.
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DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events consisting of Russian basketball for 9 months in 2020 and 2021. It ultimately voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the cash to consumers after being directed to do so by the state.

In this case, Kambi informed the division it misidentified this specific Russian basketball league as one that was approved for sports betting in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not catch the mistake, either.

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

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