Sports betting integrity issues draw Nevada Rep. Titus to Henderson company

Sports betting integrity issues draw Nevada Rep. Titus to Henderson company

Article brief provided by The Nevada Independent
  • Howard Stutz, The Nevada Independent
August 9, 2023 9:00 PM
  • Howard Stutz, The Nevada Independent

On the same afternoon that Rep. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas) toured the Henderson offices of U.S. Integrity, Iowa gaming authorities exposed a sports wagering scandal involving athletes from the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.

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It’s that type of suspicious activity the company works to uncover.

U.S. Integrity, which monitors wagering activity from 94 legal sportsbooks nationwide, gained attention in late April when it flagged unusually large wagers placed on an obscure college baseball game between the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University at a Cincinnati sportsbook. Alabama’s since-fired baseball coach was implicated in the scandal.

“Those are the ones that tend to get people a little upset because [coaches] are supposed to be mentors,” U.S. Integrity CEO Matthew Holt said of the illicit activity in an interview last week.