OT: Iowa kicker used mother's account to bet under for El Assico
Per the current betting investigation at Iowa, Iowa kicker Aaron Blom made 170 bets using his mother's Draft Kings account (he was not 21 and could not bet himself). He made 8 bets on Iowa games including betting the under (45 points) when they played ISU during El Assico in 2021, a bet which he won. I assume he saw enough of the Iowa offense that week to not assume they would not cover.
Not sure what is worse, betting that your team can't score or that you get busted with your mother's Draft Kings account?
Iowa kicker Aaron Blom accused of betting on Hawkeyes football game (hawkcentral.com)
Bet he's feeling like a real assico now..eh??? Ehhh?????
Crushed it.
This joke about Iowa's kicker is pretty corny.
2nd string walk-on kicker so at least he wasn’t lining up shots looking at the scoreboard but I would expect his college career is over.
I mean, he's a walk-on backup kicker at Iowa. Pretty sure his career was already over.
August 3rd, 2023 at 11:18 AM ^
Are you kidding. At other schools the most popular player is the backup QB. At Iowa, the most popular player is the backup kicker.
This could actually be pretty serious. The kid was 0-1 in FG attempts and his miss would have sent the game into overtime.
It was a 48 yard attempt so it certainly wasn't like he missed a chip shot but could there could be a perception that he missed it to avoid an OT in which (however unlikely) the total score could have gone over 45 points.
I doubt that could be realistic given they were 28 points from the over/under line - I guess it depends on how much money he had on the line.
Now living at home is such a drag.
Your mom threw away your best DraftKings account
Hunter Dekkers, Iowa State QB, was also accused of both betting on his own team and for using his mother's DraftKings account.
https://www.kcci.com/article/hunter-dekkers-charged-in-sports-wagering-investigation/44705910
I can't figure out how is it even possible the authorities could know the person using the account was not the person who owns the account (assuming Mom didn't turn her son in)?
My best guess is that someone must have told the authorities they were using the account improperly and then they used geo-locating data to figure out where the bet was placed. But even in this, how much of an ass do you have to be to have a presumed friend tell on you to the cops? Crazy stuff
I don’t think it is much of a stretch for authorities to start looking at the draft kings accounts of close relatives. Then geo-tracking of the IPs is easy assuming they didn’t use a VPN (see mgoblog thread from ~3 weeks ago).
This is easy sleuthing when no precautions are taken: use an account from an unrelated person, use VPN whenever accessing anything on your computer, including browsing.
You probably still will be caught. There is the huge problem of hiding the money trail.
Location data probably. They were able to tell that those Lions players bet from the team facilities. Or he signed up with her data and assigned it to his phone# and/or banking info.
No need for friends to spill any beans - computer logs will the trick. Rest assured that any place you surf into has a record of the visit. In this case, Mom's account signs in and makes a bet. The PoPo see that the incoming IP address wasn't mom's, but came from an IU domain. The particular IP can be traced right down to the one the kid is using. Being somewhat unlikely for mom to be in her sons dorm room and using his computer to access Draft Kings betting site, it's a safe jump to call the boy in for questioning.
No need for any friends, just some unlikely betting trends to get people to sniff around.
But why would the police be looking into in the first place?
Someone tipped them that lots of people wearing Iowa football jerseys were collecting the "under".
WOW - Punting really is winning!!!!!!!!!! $$$$$$$$$$$
I assume they are nabbed using gambling apps on campus wi-fi, specifically in campus buildings which are only for student-athletes and athletic department staff. Same way they have caught NFL players. In other words, they are only catching low-hanging fruit. Safe bet more players are doing this who are not stupid enough to open gambling apps while on a university or pro franchise’s wi-fi network.
I think I read on ESPN that the mom may have been involved.
damn.... iowa's leading scorer and team MVP (their kicker) was betting on games... that's terrible... i mean when you're responsible for 75% of the team scoring, the temptation to shave points is too great.
He was 1/3 on FG attempts, so he wasn't 75% of their scoring. More like 90%.
Punters run that program and city - always have. They get away with anything. Kid is really lucky he doesn’t play a useless position like WR or QB…..
Taking the under in an Iowa game is always my:
I would be willing to bet (see what I did there?) that on many teams, guys are making bets they shouldn't be. It might be a walk-on, or a walk-on telling a friend, or something, but it's a slippery slope we've found ourselves in, making betting "legal" and more available to everyone.
It's also hypocrisy for media brands to be making money off Draft Kings ads (implicitly endorsing their use) and then having affiliated brands punishing players for betting with them.
I think the simple solution is make rules similar to insider trading prevention... no bets on your own games, no bets xyz time before a game, declare all bets to your team's office, etc etc.
All this stupid shit is super avoidable with team and betting guidelines.
That the Iowa gambling authority was looking into something mostly unrelated to college players (underaged gambling) and immediately found shenanigans at both major in-state programs should probably have us all worried. This stuff is going to be widespread and under any rock you want to turn over.
Well gambling went from basically illegal in most of the U.S. and difficult to access to being practically everywhere within the span of a few years.
We're at a point where traditional gambling hot spots like the UK and Ireland may actually have a better handle on this stuff than the U.S.
Yeah, absolutely. And I'm not even sure the UK is doing great with it (Ivan Toney for example). I guess my point is that it's fun to joke about Iowa players taking the under, but I'd be shocked if no student-athletes at Michigan are participating at some level in online gambling. Hopefully the AD recognizes this as the best wake-up call they're going to receive and get out in front of it. I suspect we're going to see a lot more weird suspensions popping up all over the college football landscape this season.
I mean, he does play for Iowa, so he knew to take the under. Credit where credit is due here, folks.
He must have had some killer inside info, maybe advance access to the game plan and Brian Ferentz’s tendencies.
Is "bland" considered to be a tendency?
Do you really need killer inside info to bet the under in an Iowa football game???
He bet the under. Why is that so bad? It’s Iowa!
And he was still the team MVP. I doubt he was ever in the position to NEED to shave points.
Does this mean Iowa has a decent offense but all the players are taking the under? Maybe kirk knows and kept his son because of this.
The person who should be investigated is Brian Ferentz. It starts and stops with him.
You shouldn't get in trouble for betting the under on El Assico. That's just common knowledge
Iowa Nice or Iowa Nicely Nicely Johnson?
(A Guys & Dolls reference.)
Betting the under on Iowa games is the only bet I'm good at making.
How do they ever identify its not the friend/family member themselves doing the betting? Surely you'd basically need an admission?
your IP address provides a basic area/location.
if the account was repeatedly accessed from Iowa City, but the mom's residence is elsewhere, you can guess what's happening
why bother using a relative's account? just tell them what to bet, why involve yourself?
+1 for El Assico
perhaps a tribute to El Generico
Idk all of congress does this with stocks. Not sure why we’re surprised. If you have information, that can make you a bunch of money, you tend to use it. Unless you have exceptional morals. Im pretty sure this is ubiquitous.