ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey gambling regulators have actually handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech business for offenses that included taking bets on unapproved events, and on video games that had already ended.

In details 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.

According to files released 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 game had actually already concluded with a UNC victory.
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Kambi informed the enforcement division that a trader had failed to by hand get rid of that video game from its wagering markets, saying it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting data supplier due to a network connectivity error. Kambi stated it has actually upgraded its guidelines and retrained its traders to avoid a recurrence.
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Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately react to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no immediate remark Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.

In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets amounting to simply under $2,900 on 3 Magic City Jai Alai games after the outcomes were already known.

Kambi informed the division it experienced a connection problem that 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 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 already begun. In this case, Kambi informed the department a recently employed trader failed to enter the proper closing time time for bets on the occasion. 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 9 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.
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In this case, Kambi informed the department it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was authorized for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings informed the state it did not capture the error, either.
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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 said.
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In Feb. 2022, the department stated DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving particular players but did not give the state particular details on what information was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later on voided and refunded to clients.

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