@Iowa State

[pantherclaw]

Well this game just got more interesting.

https://www.kcrg.com/2023/08/01/iowa-state-quarterback-charged-criminally-with-illegal-sports-betting/

going to be an interesting game and interesting season.

[BCPanther]

There's several more names coming including more big time contributors, namely Jirehl Brock.

[unsc_seizethemeans]

Kinda surprised anything came of this. Seemed like another instance where some dumbass on CycloneFanatic says his "sources" have told him this huge thing is happening and then nothing happens.

[SteinPizza]

Kinda surprised anything came of this. Seemed like another instance where some dumbass on CycloneFanatic says his "sources" have told him this huge thing is happening and then nothing happens.

I’m sure the school wasn’t going to say anything until something official came out, either criminally or from the NCAA. BC is probably correct, a few more football players will be named and face varying penalties from the NCAA. Brock is one name rumored, another is one of their starting OTs. Jaylin Noel is their best returning WR, and he was rumored but the Cylon fans now think that’s false since he is scheduled to make media appearances in the lead up to the season.

[BCPanther]

Their starting quarterback choices are a guy that was behind a walk on on the depth chart before three walk on had a career ending shoulder injury in Rocco Becht and a JUCO kid they took in May that had no offers.


Woof.

[SteinPizza]

More criminal charges coming out. These are against an Iowa baseball player who did the same exact thing Dekkers is accused of, having his mother set up a Draft Kings account so he can secretly bet on sports including his own team. The similarity between the schemes, and timing of the investigations, can’t be just coincidence. I’ll be really curious to see how this whole thing was uncovered, and/or who contacted law enforcement to get this started.

Keith Murphy from WHO is on social media saying Travis Hines from the DMR is working on an in depth article about the Iowa State side of this. Sound like more news and names will break soon.

[not a drake fan]

ESPNs SP+ rankings came out and had UNI as a slight favorite in Ames. That metric is going to be very close to the systems that the Vegas oddsmakers are looking at, before they tinker with the lines to protect their exposure. This metric obviously came out before any of ISUs gambling suspensions were laid down.

Also, saw a tweet from a guy who analyzed the MVFC in terms of their returning production percentages on offense and defense. UNI actually came out surprisingly low, I think they were 10th or so. SDSU had the most returning production according to that.

[clenz]

More criminal charges coming out. These are against an Iowa baseball player who did the same exact thing Dekkers is accused of, having his mother set up a Draft Kings account so he can secretly bet on sports including his own team. The similarity between the schemes, and timing of the investigations, can’t be just coincidence. I’ll be really curious to see how this whole thing was uncovered, and/or who contacted law enforcement to get this started.

Keith Murphy from WHO is on social media saying Travis Hines from the DMR is working on an in depth article about the Iowa State side of this. Sound like more news and names will break soon.

100% the sports books alerted DCI about irregularities in trends, geotags of bets placed and time between them, names on the accounts used, relationships to athletes in colleges, etc.

Sports books have spent millions on AI to recognize those things and put things together to track fraud, illegal bets, scams, etc.

[Wxcpanther]

Their starting quarterback choices are a guy that was behind a walk on on the depth chart before three walk on had a career ending shoulder injury in Rocco Becht and a JUCO kid they took in May that had no offers.


Woof.

I'd expect JJ Kohl has a better shot to start than the juco kid. I realize it's week 1, but if it's not Becht I'd be shocked if it wasn't Kohl.

[SteinPizza]

100% the sports books alerted DCI about irregularities in trends, geotags of bets placed and time between them, names on the accounts used, relationships to athletes in colleges, etc.

Sports books have spent millions on AI to recognize those things and put things together to track fraud, illegal bets, scams, etc.

I’m sure you’re at least partially correct. Earlier this summer on Cyclone Fanatic a couple of people claiming inside knowledge were saying rumor had it Dekkers put together a group of athletes who placed bets through him, or something like that. He was the ring leader, so to speak. They used his mom’s account to attempt to hide their actions. It was just rumor then, but at least some of what these guys were posting months ago is coming true, with more info to follow.

[clenz]

I’m sure you’re at least partially correct. Earlier this summer on Cyclone Fanatic a couple of people claiming inside knowledge were saying rumor had it Dekkers put together a group of athletes who placed bets through him, or something like that. He was the ring leader, so to speak. They used his mom’s account to attempt to hide their actions. It was just rumor then, but at least some of what these guys were posting months ago is coming true, with more info to follow.

Yeah I’m going to bet her placing wagers at 10pm on a Tuesday in Ames night while at home in Hawarden and then also placing wagers in Hawarden around the same time while being able to be placed at work in Hawarden on that Tuesday and Wednesday would trigger about 100 alerts.

these systems also get names put in them to trigger alerts for wagers, especially on specific teams. Then people around them get connected to watch for trends.

there are world class computer hackers that are busters by sports books on the daily. These families thinking they found a loophole that was undetectable is the highest form of laughable.

[sevelev711]

Gambling famously has very lax security, can't blame them for trying.

[krusej23]

For the people asking who cares or who started this investigation. It's the casinos because they don't want some college athlete giving out information or throwing games that cost them huge amounts of money. I'm sure they did some investigation and it wouldn't be hard to figure out like clenz said that bets were being made in Ames and Hawarden at the same time or that bets were being made in Ames only and the address is showing Hawarden. This was all the sports books covering themselves and then opening a can of worms when they find a bunch of other athletes doing some of the same things. Sounds like Dekkers was an idiot and tried to cover it up somehow and has been busted for that now.

[not a drake fan]

On KXNO Miller/Condon today they mentioned that they heard that one of the Iowa baseball players set up an account using his mom's info without her knowledge and she noticed suspicious activity on her bank account, so she notified authorities. And that is how they found out, so they then took at look to see that was happening with others in Iowa City and Ames.

I dont know that their source is and it is perhaps irresponsible to say that if they are unsure, but I will say that they generally pretty careful about not going wild on rumors until there is something confirmed.

[SteinPizza]

On KXNO Miller/Condon today they mentioned that they heard that one of the Iowa baseball players set up an account using his mom's info without her knowledge and she noticed suspicious activity on her bank account, so she notified authorities. And that is how they found out, so they then took at look to see that was happening with others in Iowa City and Ames.

I dont know that their source is and it is perhaps irresponsible to say that if they are unsure, but I will say that they generally pretty careful about not going wild on rumors until there is something confirmed.

They also said the same people told them they did a high level look at UNI and didn’t see suspicious activity at first glance.