Fanatics Sportsbook is dealing with an adjudicatory hearing in Massachusetts following a restricted college wager infraction that happened in December. Betting on in-state college teams not associated with a college tournament is not allowed the Old Bay State.

Still, a $50 futures wager was put on college football's Fenway Bowl between Boston College and SMU at 5:55 p.m. on Dec. 5. Upon finding the significant wager on December 6, Fanatics quickly alerted the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, canceled the bet, and reimbursed the $50 to the customer.

Fanatics told the MGC that a toggle switch allowing or prohibiting collegiate betting was mistakenly switched on by a new staff member, and Fanatics did not carry out a second level of recognition.

The game was set up for Dec. 28 so the mistake was captured weeks ahead of time, and the offense was dealt with internal at Fanatics.

'Human error'

The hearing, where Fanatics can offer evidence, will take place in February. The commission could pick to take legal action and/or fine the online sportsbook.

The event was gone over at the MGC's meeting last month, however no judgment was made and it didn't look like much would come of it at the time.

However, after getting a report from the investigations and enforcement bureau on Thursday, the commissioners decided they required questions responded to on how the "human mistake" happened, what was done to the worker who made the error, and what steps Fanatics has taken to make certain it does not occur once again.

"I'm kind of interested in how much of this is automated and how much is human error," Commissioner Jordan Maynard said. "The toggle switch on and off for college sports has actually bothered me from Day One. Seeing how we can alleviate those moving forward for them is something of interest to me."

Other regulation issues

This is not the very first time the regulative body in Massachusetts has dealt with a non-compliance collegiate problem.

Last summertime, a single parlay wager consisting of a Boston College team was mistakenly permitted at a retail sports betting kiosk at Encore Boston Harbor. The Wynn-owned sportsbook operator was subsequently fined $10,000.

The commission has also yet to resolve a case versus DraftKings, which self-reported that the online sportsbook broke state law by allowing credit cards from outdoors Massachusetts to fund accounts. An adjudicatory hearing will occur on the DraftKings matter this year.

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