The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) held true to its namesake by issuing $40,ooo in fines to DraftKings, Rush Street Interactive (RSI) and Kambi last week for violations that occurred in 2020 until 2022.
DraftKings and Rush Street are obvious NJ sports betting operators in the Garden State. Kambi is a third-party company that offers an online platform for operators.
The fines spanned from taking bets on unapproved and finished competitions.
DraftKings and Kambi fined a combined $30,000
DraftKings and Kambi had been partnered with each other until 2021. While together, the pair took wagers on games that were not approved by the DGE.
Kambi posted odds and accepted $61,000 worth of bets for the Russian Super League, a basketball league in Russia, from April 2020 until January 2021. In addition, Kambi took in 484 bets in table tennis contests in 2020 that were also not approved by the DGE.
When DraftKings separated from Kambi in 2021, the DGE found another violation from the operator. DraftKings did not disclose specific information on player props taken in during the NFL preseason in 2022.
The DGE fined DraftKings $20,000 and Kambi $10,000.
RSI fined $10,000 by DGE for multiple infractions
RSI and Kambi were also partnered during the time of the penalties. The two companies are still working together.
The DGE fined RSI based on three different scenarios, which include the following:
- Accepting bets on a college basketball game that already ended in 2021
- Taking in 13 bets worth $8,000 on pre-match PGA odds in February 2022
- Accepted $2,900 in bets on Magic City Jai Alai that had already ended in March 2022
The college basketball game and the Magic City Jai incidents were related to connectivity issues, according to Kambi. The PGA violation occurred because of a new trader failing to place the correct closing time for event, which can be chalked up to human error.
RSI also incurred a $10,000 fine.
