New Jersey fines iGaming operators

The DGE, the gambling authority in New Jersey has fined multiple iGaming operators last month after they failed to comply with the state’s regulations for the segment.

US.- Atlantic City is one of the largest gambling jurisdictions in the world, which forces regulators to be extremely cautious. That’s why the New Jersey gambling authority, the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) fined multiple IGaming companies last month.

The gambling watchdog slapped SG Digital, PokerStars, iGaming Cloud, GAN and William Hill Sports Book with fines in November. The companies had failed to comply with the state’s legislation and committed infractions worth US$1k-US$100k.

SG Digital faced the largest total fine, as it got two separate ones worth US$100k and US$10k. The first came after it deployed internet games that “were not the versions tested and approved” by state regulators. The latter was due to “multiple regulatory violations,” including failing to provide information, documentation or assurances pertaining to qualifications to regulators.

William Hill Sports Book allowed 16 “self-excluded patrons to wager online,” and got itself a US$26.5k civil penalty.

Meanwhile, PokerStars failed to record poker hand history data for 202 patrons for approximately two hours on April 30. That cost the company and partner Resorts Digital a US$5k fine.

iGaming Cloud also got fined three times: a US$2k one for deploying an unapproved game version and failing to generate either a patron account summary and wagering summary reports on one day. Another one worth US$2k for not being able to recover slot tournament data after a system crash and for subsequently fixing the system error without notifying regulators. And the last and most expensive one, worth US$7k for allowing self-excluded players to create online accounts and wager.

GAN wasn’t fined but agreed to a settlement of $1,000 for failing to ensure adequate website performance pressofatlanticcity.com reports.