Hunter Dekkers used gambling account under parents names to place improper bets, per complaint

Iowa State quarterback Hunter Dekkers is apparently not the only person in his family involved in his alleged betting on Cyclones sporting events, including a football game in 2021. According to a criminal complaint filed in local court by prosecutor’s, Dekkers used an account under his parents names, according to Jeff Dubrof of KCCI.

By using an online betting account apparently set up by his parents, Jami and Scott Dekkers, Dekkers effectively hid a lot of his bets from regulators. It created the appearance that the bets placed by Dekkers were actually placed by his mother, Jami.

Dekkers was charged in local court on Tuesday, according to the Des Moines Register.

He has been charged by local prosecutors with “tampering with records related to” the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation’s inquiry into improper gambling at Iowa State, according to the Des Moines Register. According to the complaint filed in court, Dekkers bet on a 2021 football game against Oklahoma State when he was the backup quarterback for the Cyclones.

Along with that bet, he allegedly placed 25 other bets on Iowa State sporting events. The DraftKings account allegedly completed upwards of 350 sports wagers totalling more than $2,799.

Dekkers, the Iowa State starting quarterback in 2022, would permanently lose eligibility under NCAA guidelines for betting.

Dekkers was already apparently involved in the ongoing gambling probe, but head coach Matt Campbell was mum about it at Big 12 Media Days in July.

“That investigation is ongoing and continues to not have a lot clarity to it,” Campbell said when addressing Dekkers’ status.

Dekkers has played in 19 career games for the Cyclones, starting all 12 for Iowa State in 2022. He threw for 3044 yards and 19 touchdowns last season and earned all-conference honorable mention.

The Iowa Gaming Commission previously said there wasn’t evidence showing bets on Iowa State or Iowa games

The head of the Iowa Gaming Commission said in May that there was no evidence to suggest that either Iowa and Iowa State athletes bet on their own respective games. That statement came about amid investigations into both programs.

Brian Ohorilko told The Action Network there’s no evidence to suggest there was any suspicious wagering activity on games. News broke Monday of investigations into 41 student-athletes — 26 at Iowa and 15 at Iowa State — for allegations involving online sports gambling. Based on the commission’s findings as of Monday night, those athletes didn’t engage in suspicious wagering activity or match fixing.

“We review the types of wagers that come in and how suspicious they are,” Ohorilko said. “We have no reason to believe that there’s anything like that here.”

The investigation comes about a week after a similar one into Alabama baseball that actually found suspicious wagering activity and led to the firing of Crimson Tide head coach Brad Bohannon. That occurred after a betting halt on Alabama baseball.

Ohorilko said he doesn’t expect a betting halt on Iowa or Iowa State sports as a result of this investigation.

“There wasn’t anything giving us pause or leading us to believe that any of these markets were compromised,” Ohorilko said.