University of Iowa football player Aaron Blom faces a charge of tampering with records as a result of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation’s sports gambling investigation.
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Former Iowa baseball player Gehrig Christensen allegedly bet “mostly on NBA games,” but also Iowa sporting events.
These are the first student-athletes to be charged in an investigation into sports gambling by student-athletes at Iowa State and Iowa.
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If the investigations into online sports wagering at Iowa result in any NCAA violations, recent history point toward the possibility of some stiff penalties.
Questions still outnumber answers after revelations that Iowa and Iowa State athletes are under investigation for online sports wagering. The latest episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast breaks down what we know and what questions remain.
If there isn’t more to this athletes/sports-betting story in Iowa than just that, it’s no blockbuster. If.
One day after revelations of University of Iowa and Iowa State athletes being under investigation for online sports wagering, questions still outnumber answers.
Iowa’s Division of Criminal Investigation confirms it’s part of gambling probe at the universities.
Dozens of student-athletes at the schools are under investigation, both universities have confirmed.
Iowa collected a record amount last month on sports betting with the kickoff of the football season, despite fewer bets being placed compared to a year go.
Iowa gamblers placed a record amount of bets both online and in person on casino and sports games in the last fiscal year, with wagers topping $4 billion.
More than $233 million was bet on sports in March, an 8 percent increase over the previous month, and a 45 percent increase over the same month in 2021.
Iowans placed more than $2 billion in wagers on sporting events in 2021, according to recently published state figures. That number envelopes the $575 million that was bet on sports in 2020.
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