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 The Detroit Pistons' star guard, Allen Iverson, has been reportedly banned from two local casinos for disruptive and rude behavior.
According to The Detroit News, the 33-year-old NBA star is regular at the MGM and Greektown casinos since arriving in town after a trade from the Denver Nuggets, and a recent disturbance has resulted in the NBA star being banned.
The league is said to be looking into a disturbance at Greektown that involved one of Iverson's bodyguards. Iverson's role was unclear at press time, but his bodyguard was involved in some sort of altercation, resulting in the player's ban.
However, the report says that Iverson was banned mostly for "his boorish behavior." He is a bad loser, who often throws his chips or cards at the dealer upon losing, and has been warned on multiple occasions.
The paper said Iverson "is often loud and disruptive, according to witnesses, rude to dealers, other players and the wait staff."
Iverson is said to have a long history of gambling, and often made treks to Atlantic City while played for the Philadelphia 76ers.
He reportedly caused a disturbance at a casino outside Minneapolis earlier this season.
In December 2005, Iverson got into an argument with a dealer at the Trump Taj Mahal casino after the dealer overpaid him $10,000 on a bet he made while playing three-card stud poker. He initially refused to give the chips back, but did so later and received a gaming voucher in that amount from the Taj.
Before that, in February 2004, Iverson urinated into a trashcan at Bally's on the casino floor, shocking nearby patrons. On several trips to Philadelphia, Iverson and his friends returned to the Taj Mahal, his Atlantic City spot of choice.
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