Rush Street fined $30k for underage NJ online gambling

New Jersey gambling regulators have fined Rush Street Interactive (RSI) the sum of $30k for allowing underage individuals to gamble online.

This week, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) published a January 7 ruling in which it imposed a $30k civil penalty on RSI for “permitting individuals under the age of twenty-one to wager online. The notice was devoid of other details, except to say that the DGE filed its complaint against RSI on June 28, 2018.

RSI operates PlaySugarHouse.com, which launched in New Jersey’s regulated online gambling market in September 2016. SugarHouse is a Pennsylvania casino operated by RSI’s parent company, Rush Street Gaming.

Rush Street issued a statement saying responsible gaming is “a top priority” for the company and it took the incident “very seriously.” The company says it self-reported the “misconfiguration” to the DGE as soon as it was discovered and took “immediate action to correct and prevent recurrence.”