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ClonerJams

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Again, this is what I've been told...

Draft Kings just happens to be the sports book the players used. Not DK's fault.

Iowa baseball players used the book first. Got caught. Then DK did a sweep of the entire user base and found more athletes within the state.
It's weird we haven't heard anything about UNI. Also wondering if DK did this in other states?
 

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Kind of crazy how they can track that. I'm sure it's off of the device location versus where the account was registered or what not. Wonder though if Hunter could fight this by claiming it wasn't him placing the bets? I'm sure they have a way to track the device serial number or something though. Way over my head.
You have to verify your device location every time you log in and place a bet. They know exactly where you are. If it's Ames on a Tuesday 10am at the football facility, they know it was a player and not a parent.
 

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Again, this is what I've been told...

Draft Kings just happens to be the sports book the players used. Not DK's fault.

Iowa baseball players used the book first. Got caught. Then DK did a sweep of the entire user base and found more athletes within the state.
What a cruel irony that a handful of crucial ISU football guys get caught based on a couple guys playing for the irrelevant Iowa Hawkeye baseball team.
 

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You have to verify your device location every time you log in and place a bet. They know exactly where you are. If it's Ames on a Tuesday 10am at the football facility, they know it was a player and not a parent.
I'll have to pay attention to that next time I log into my app. I feel like if the location verification is happening for me it must be in the background. I know it does verify though, because I live on the IA/IL border, and sometimes it thought I was in IL before betting was legal in IL and it wouldn't let me place wagers
 

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Apparently sports books do this sweep-like search for athletes all the time. That's how they caught some of the NFL players.

Seems like extra work for them. It's not really their job to police stuff like that.
 

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Enough. You go back on ignore and I will not respond further. You are, without a doubt, one of the biggest pricks on here, so I will accept your judgment.
Weird for you to have me on ignore then take me off? ignore?

Read through your posts. One out of every 5 is you trying to belittle someone and/or being a pompous d¡ck. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. If you don’t want to be called out for being a prick, then stop being one. Simple enough.
 

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It's weird we haven't heard anything about UNI. Also wondering if DK did this in other states?
This shows how widespread gambling amongst student-athletes/staff is. Draft Kings is only one of 6 or 7 big apps used for online sports betting.

One app did one sweep in one state with only 3 large, public institutions and found 41 student-athletes and 120+ students/staff overall who were sports betting
 
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