A member of the Iowa House of Representatives is pushing to rescind part of the state’s gambling laws that would require casinos to maintain lists of people who are barred from sports betting. The rule was put in place in 2019 when sports betting became legal in the state, but does not have to be… Read more »
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Iowa Dismisses Illegal Gambling Charges Against Four Former Iowa State University Student Athletes
Iowa’s Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) screwed up and the state knows it. On Friday, March 1, Assistant Story County attorney Benjamin Matchan filed a motion to dismiss illegal gambling charges against four former Iowa State University student athletes because DCI investigators used geolocation software inappropriately. Former football players Isaiah Lee, Jirehl Brock and Eyioma… Read more »
Former Iowa State Football Players Accuse Investigator of “Warrantless Search” in Sports Betting Probe
So he just went ahead and did it? The attorney for former Iowa State University defensive lineman Isaiah Lee has accused an agent of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) for targeting college athletes in a sports betting sting without a valid reason. Calling the beginning of last year’s gambling investigation a “warrantless search,”… Read more »
Iowa State Defensive Lineman Leaves Program Amid Betting Scandal
Another starter gone The fallout continues in the sports betting scandal that is rocking collegiate sports in Iowa. The latest: Iowa State University defensive lineman Isaiah Lee, who started in all of his team’s games last season, has left the program. Lee is one of several Iowa State and University of Iowa athletes that was… Read more »
Jury Awards $1.7 Million to Man Beaten by Another Patron at Iowa Casino
Not how I would have handled things Last night during trick-or-treating, I let kids select two pieces of candy from a big bowl. In one group, a girl picked her candy and, as she watched her friends/siblings take theirs, she said to me, “I’m going to take three,” and she did just that. I did… Read more »
Last Remaining Iowa Greyhound Racetrack to Close at End of 2022
Many years ago, on a break from college, I took a drive with my best friend from our hometown of Milwaukee to Kenosha, Wisconsin and Dairyland Greyhound Park. There was a violent thunderstorm on the way down there – we couldn’t see a thing, lightning was blind us, and my friend told me he was… Read more »
Entain Rejects MGM’s $11.1 Billion Takeover Offer
Entain says try again MGM Resorts International has made an £8.1 billion ($11.1 billion) offer to buy online gaming company Entain (formerly GVC Holdings), but Entain says it is not enough. On Monday, the owner of partypoker confirmed publicly that MGM did, in fact, receive a proposal from MGM, but that it “significantly undervalues the… Read more »
Iowa Casino Fined When Woman Sneaks In Her Kid
Look, I will be the first to admit that as a parent, I am pretty amazing. I mean, while my wife and daughter were out of town recently, I watched the movies Get Out, Us, and Alien with my son. That’s a damn fine dad right there. But while I would love to take him… Read more »
Iowa Woman Fighting Casino Over Denied Slots Jackpot
When I was in middle school, my family went on a road trip from Wisconsin to South Dakota. Now, that sort of road trip is not all that exciting on first blush to a kid, but as it turned out, it was a lot of fun. Saw Mount Rushmore, hiked in the Badlands, visited Wall… Read more »