Illegal gambling operation busted in SE Iowa

I wonder if they added a few obstacles along the way like these guys did.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa27Qn16ivw"]YouTube - ‪Mouse Racing For St. Judes‬‏[/ame]

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Originally Posted by Al_4_State

I'm very glad to see that tax dollars are being used to shut down mouse racing. Can't think of a better use for our law enforcement personnel.

A law's a law. I hope these filthy mouse racers get hung and Governor Branstad personally takes a **** on their corpses. Anything less would be a miscarriage of justice.

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In reality, it's not like they had some devious undercover operation and other crimes were being let go because they were focused on the mouse racing. They got a tip and checked it out and this is what they found. It actually is what our tax dollars are paying for. Personally, I find it hilarious, but none the less, it's a crime. Just like a lot of people complain about speeding tickets, but imagine what the roads would be like if the police didn't bother with them at all. It is part of their job. When they start forming task forces and undercover operations for things like this, then I'll have a problem with it.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

"They aren't gambling. If you win you win, if you lose you lose."

LOL

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And who says that people in SE Iowa aren't highly educated!! :spinny:

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Originally Posted by Senolcyc

So how many of the drunken losers huddled around a freaking mouse racing track in a crap hole bar in backwards *** southeast Iowa were Hawkeye fans?

I'll go with: ALL OF THEM.

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Something tells me that when this guy got busted he was proudly sporting his 1983 Gator Bowl t-shirt.

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Originally Posted by Incyte

Why would anyone race mice?

I strictly race voles which are much faster as their relatively shorter tail causes less wind resistance as compared to mice.

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My S.E. Iowa Shrews will not only catch your voles, they will eat them!

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Originally Posted by Clonefan94

In reality, it's not like they had some devious undercover operation and other crimes were being let go because they were focused on the mouse racing. They got a tip and checked it out and this is what they found. It actually is what our tax dollars are paying for. Personally, I find it hilarious, but none the less, it's a crime. Just like a lot of people complain about speeding tickets, but imagine what the roads would be like if the police didn't bother with them at all. It is part of their job. When they start forming task forces and undercover operations for things like this, then I'll have a problem with it.

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This is true, but my question is Why in the heck is it a crime to bet on mice racing? Who is this hurting, and why do the police need to regulate betting on rodents running obstacle courses in the first place? If a bunch of yokels want to go to the bar and bet on mice races, who is the victim?

I feel like Chief Wiggum when he found out it was illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purpose of betting.

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Originally Posted by cychhosis

My S.E. Iowa Shrews will not only catch your voles, they will eat them!

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Shrew-Vole fighting matches don't start until 12:45 am at my place. ALWAYS bet the shrew however.

So... two pages in and nobody is asking the obvious question?

Who was the rat? :huh:

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Originally Posted by RandomFan

So... two pages in and nobody is asking the obvious question?

Who was the rat? :huh:

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All puns aside, I want to know who was so morally offended by mouse racing that they found it necessary to alert the police.

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Originally Posted by Al_4_State

All puns aside, I want to know who was so morally offended by mouse racing that they found it necessary to alert the police.

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The bar down the street that hosts frog long jump betting.

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Originally Posted by Al_4_State

All puns aside, I want to know who was so morally offended by mouse racing that they found it necessary to alert the police.

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The dude that lost the bet.

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Originally Posted by Al_4_State

All puns aside, I want to know who was so morally offended by mouse racing that they found it necessary to alert the police.

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I did, they kept taking business from my illegal turtle racing ring.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

"They aren't gambling. If you win you win, if you lose you lose."

LOL

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At the risk of being serious, I think he was saying that the bar was not taking a rake on bets.

My guess is that the sheriff has had previous run-ins with this bar, and is just looking for a reason to hassle them.

Can this be done in a legal manner? If so I think it would be kinda cool to throw down a dollar on a mouse. More interesting than keno...