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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey sports betting regulators have handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for infractions that included taking bets on unapproved events, and on games that had actually currently ended.

In info made public 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 innovation company Kambi.
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According to files 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 triumph.

Kambi informed the enforcement department that a trader had stopped working to by hand get rid of that video game from its sports betting markets, stating it had actually stopped receiving messages from its own sports betting data provider due to a network connectivity mistake. Kambi stated it has actually upgraded its guidelines and retrained its traders to avoid a reoccurrence.

Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not right away respond to a message seeking remark Monday. Rush Street decreased remark, and DraftKings had no instant remark Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets amounting to just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the outcomes were already known.

Kambi told the division it experienced a connectivity issue that enabled the bets to be accepted after the games were over. A description of what Kambi did to resolve the scenario was blacked out in files released 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 begun. In this case, Kambi told the division a freshly hired trader stopped working to enter the right closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a manager went through retraining.

DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved occasions consisting of Russian basketball for 9 months in 2020 and 2021. It 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 department it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was approved for wagering 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 improperly made it possible for the occasions for wagering without conditions needed by the state, the department stated.

In Feb. 2022, the division stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving specific players however did not give the state particular information on what info was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth almost $7,000 that were later voided and refunded to consumers.

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