CITY, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey sports betting regulators have actually distributed $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for violations that consisted of taking bets on unauthorized events, and on games that had actually 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 technology business Kambi.

According to documents released by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball game in between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the game had currently concluded with a UNC triumph.

Kambi told the enforcement department that a trader had actually stopped working to manually get rid of that video game from its wagering markets, saying it had stopped getting messages from its own sports betting information provider due to a network connectivity mistake. Kambi stated it has upgraded its standards and re-trained its traders to avoid a reoccurrence.

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 instant comment 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 video games after the outcomes were already understood.

Kambi informed the division it experienced a connectivity problem that permitted 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 an Expert Golf Association match after the event had actually already begun. In this case, Kambi informed the division a freshly worked with trader failed to go into the proper closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a supervisor underwent retraining.

DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events consisting of Russian basketball for 9 months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the money to customers after being directed to do so by the state.

In this case, Kambi informed the department it misidentified this specific Russian basketball league as one that was approved for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings informed the state it did not capture the error, either.

In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi improperly enabled the occasions 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 gamers however did not offer the state particular details on what details 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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