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 included taking bets on unapproved occasions, and on video games that had actually already ended.

In info 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 wagering 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 video game in between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the video game had already concluded with a UNC triumph.

Kambi told the enforcement department that a trader had actually failed to by hand eliminate that video game from its sports betting markets, saying it had actually stopped receiving messages from its own sports betting data provider due to a network connectivity error. Kambi said it has actually upgraded its guidelines and retrained its traders to prevent a recurrence.

Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not instantly respond to a message looking for remark Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no immediate comment Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.
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In March 2022 Rush Street took 7 bets totaling just under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai games after the outcomes were already known.
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Kambi told the department it experienced a connection issue that permitted the bets to be accepted after the video games were over. An explanation of what Kambi did to attend to the scenario was blacked out in documents launched by the department.
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A month previously Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on a Professional Golf Association match after the event had already started. In this case, Kambi told the division a newly worked with trader failed to enter the appropriate closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a supervisor underwent re-training.

DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved occasions consisting of Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It ultimately voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the cash to customers after being directed to do so by the state.

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

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

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