The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has hit Scientific Games’ SG Digital division with a $100K penalty for using untested and approved games.
SG Digital’s NYX Digital Gaming
SG Digital, which operates in the state as NYX Digital Gaming, was given the penalty on 18th November for “deploying three games that were not the versions tested and approved” by the DGE.
According to local press, the offending games had been made available to the public in late January 2019 via SG Digital’s online partners, and remained live until March. It seems SG Digital themselves discovered the mistake in an audit – something that no doubt assuaged the DGE’s stance.
SG Digital had also received another $10K penalty from the DGE just two days before, on 16th November, for “multiple regulatory violations.”
The news emerged when the DGE released its bimonthly report of regulatory decisions, and showed SG Digital wasn’t the only operator feeling the heat.
William Hill
William Hill was also given a $26,500 penalty because its New Jersey online sports betting operations allowed 16 self-excluded customers to gamble. The operator was also ordered to forfeit just over $5K won from the self-excluded individuals in question.
iGaming Cloud (GiG Core)
Meanwhile iGaming Cloud, which is now GiG Core, got its fair share of penalties: $7K for failing to prevent self-excluded individuals from opening accounts and wagering, $2K for deploying an unapproved game and another $2K not generating a patron account report for Hard Rock Atlantic City, and losing slot tournament data due to a system crash and not notifying the DGE.
PokerStars
The Stars Group-owned PokerStars also got slapped on the wrist with a $5K penalty after two hours of poker hand history date went missing, software supplier GAN was issued with a negligible $1K penalty for poor website performance.
You can see the full DGE report here.
AYO.NEWS says:
Okay, so they might not be the largest penalties ever, but they are a reminder that the DGE is on the ball and watching operators in the rapidly growing market. And, there are moves afoot to increase the size of the penalties the regulator can dish out, so companies operating in the state should pull their socks up.
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