Gambling in the USA

Caesars and Golden Nugget fined for accepting illegal sports bets in New Jersey

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7 years ago

December 22, 2018

Niji Narayan

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The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has penalized Caesars Entertainment and Golden Nugget for accepting bets related to New Jersey college football games.

The DGE complaints were filed in November and fines were levied in December.

These are the first known fines related to illegal wagers handed out by the DGE since NJ sports betting went live in June.

As per the DGE report, Caesars was fined $2,000 on Dec. 15 after acknowledging the error to regulatory officials.

The court filing states that:

“Caesars acknowledged the violation and agreed with the Division’s civil penalty determination.”

In a separate ruling, Golden Nugget was similarly caught accepting 10 bets from unknown individuals on “various New Jersey College Football Games in September 2018.”

From the filing:

“Once discovered, the wagers were cancelled; however, the funds were unable to be refunded to the patrons due to their unknown identities.”

Golden Nugget was fined the amount of $390 in gaming winnings owed to those 10 unknown individuals.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.