WWAWD Ohtani gambling?

[Hudson Margera-Hughes]

The problem is that they bet with an illegal bookie and owed him massive amounts of money. That can obviously cause a bad situation where they leverage Otani and start making him do stuff like strike out on purpose a few times to manipulate some prop bet.

With any of the legal betting places you have to put the money up before you can place any bet, so this situation couldn’t happen. And players are allowed to hide these as long as they aren’t betting on baseball.

My prediction here is that they never find evidence that Otani himself bet on any baseball games but they’ll have to punish him for having direct dealings with a bookie. I’m going to say they give him 40-80 games to send a message but not totally ruin their new golden child. The dodgers are good enough to stay in contention without him for half the year and Otani would still have 8.5 or 9.5 years left to put this behind him. Ippei, I assume, will fall on the sword shortly and literally.

 

[Rodeo Clown]

This shit doesn’t make sense. I’m no bookie expert but who the hell would let a guy making something like $300k a year run up a debt of $4.5M unless he had some “assurances”?

It’s hard to believe that the interpreter could just say Ohtani was covering him and his word is good enough for that kind of tab. And how would an interpreter even have access to that much of his employer’s money to steal? He wasn’t his lawyer or financial advisor or anything.

@Rodeo Clown WWAW this bullshit?

I don't know what to think. The odds are way better than 50% (Ohtani would take this action) that Ohtani ran up the debt, it's an Occam's Razor thing for sure, but i guess there could be other possibilities. FWIW, I like Ohtani, he has helped the game and I don't see him as a gambler for nonlogical reasons. Maybe he paid the debt for the guy, but seriously they would not let it get that run up. I really can't figure this one out.

 

[WifeStoreWill]

I don't know what to think. The odds are way better than 50% (Ohtani would take this action) that Ohtani ran up the debt, it's an Occam's Razor thing for sure, but i guess there could be other possibilities. FWIW, I like Ohtani, he has helped the game and I don't see him as a gambler for nonlogical reasons. Maybe he paid the debt for the guy, but seriously they would not let it get that run up. I really can't figure this one out.

I’m sticking with my original prediction for now. They’ll pop him for dealing with the bookie and not their gambling ((partners)) but it won’t be career ending.

 

[SensibleKeks]

Sources: NBA eyes Raptors' Porter over betting

Raptors forward Jontay Porter is under investigation by the NBA following multiple instances of betting irregularities over the past several months, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

A NBA is being investigated for betting on himself. I would bet that this is common practice around all the leagues, except they are placing much smaller bets as to not get caught.

I'm a prude, but gambling should never have been allowed in sports to begin with.

 

[Rodeo Clown]

I’m sticking with my original prediction for now. They’ll pop him for dealing with the bookie and not their gambling ((partners)) but it won’t be career ending.

I hope whatever the outcome is it doesn't even cost him a season. I say this with my full belief in white supremacism, Ohtani is a joy to watch and seems like a great guy.

 

[aRTie02150]

I hope whatever the outcome is it doesn't even cost him a season. I say this with my full belief in white supremacism, Ohtani is a joy to watch and seems like a great guy.

Agreed.

He's beyond talented and not an ass about it.

 

[HR@PaneraBread]

Ohtani Interpreter: ‘I’m Terrible at This Sport Betting Thing’

A detailed complaint against Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter and close friend of Shohei Ohtani, show how he orchestrated a sprawling scheme over more than two years to steal over $16 million of the baseball star’s money to pay gambling debts.

www.bloomberg.com

Text messages on Mizuhara’s phone show he started illegal sports bets in September 2021 and soon began to lose substantial sums, according to the complaint. And the bookmaker kept increasing his betting limits, even when Mizuhara owed more than $1 million in losses.

In a text on Nov. 14, 2022, Mizuhara told the bookmaker: “I’m terrible at this sport betting thing huh? Lol ... Any chance u can bump me again?? As you know, you don’t have to worry about me not paying!!”

 

[WifeStoreWill]

I don’t understand how he could have bet that much without anyone noticing. Does Ohtani have no lawyers or accountants reviewing his shit? How did he file taxes without anyone seeing $180m of gambling and $40m of losses? There’s no fucking way.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

I don’t understand how he could have bet that much without anyone noticing. Does Ohtani have no lawyers or accountants reviewing his shit? How did he file taxes without anyone seeing $180m of gambling and $40m of losses? There’s no fucking way.

Are there people that actually believe the dude wasn't in on it?

 

[Brooke Shields]

Damn only $40 million? Sucks, he was just a couple good bets away from even

 

[ChimpanZ]

Hilarious he managed to hire the only gambler worse than Anthony Cumia

 

[quark]

Yep his translator was just reaching into his pockets and pulling out 20 million here and there. Like when that chick stole 20 bucks off my dresser. That made-to-play-baseball motherfucker probably has one vice and now we all know it. Asians also love gambling.

 

[Peckas]

He made some really bad bets too I read he bet on UCLA football HAHAHA HOLY SHIT!