Why isn't all gambling, in all forms, in all states, just legal? If people want to f*ck up their lives they should be able to do so freely.
Ohtani is a professional athlete, and there is a clear conflict of interest for him to bet on baseball. If Ohtani were to gamble via legal sports gambling, he would definitely be found out for obvious reasons.
It was Ippei Mizuhara who claimed this in an interview with ESPN, not Ohtani. Mizuhara addressed the team after game one in Seoul after said interview took place, this is when Ohtani first became aware of it and immediately talked to his lawyers because Ippei had told lies. At no point did Ohtani change his story. There is Ippei's telling of events (The ESPN interview and addressing the team} and Ohtani's telling of events (Denying Ippei's claims). That interview was not Ohtani's story, but Ippei's. You wrongly believe what Ippei said in his interview was said by Ohtani, but it was not.
Former Angels teammate David Fletcher claims that he was the one that introduced Ippei to the bookie and Ohtani was not involved.
The bookie claims he only dealt with Ippei and that he floated him so much credit solely because of his relationship to Ohtani and his access to his funds.
The bookie's attorney stated that it was Ippei that was betting and not Ohtani.
It has also come to light that Ippei lied about graduating from UC Riverside and working for the Red Sox and Yankees.
People completely underestimate how integral Ippei was to Ohtani's business. He wasn't simply just an interpreter. He was a personal assistant, manager, and the inbetween when it came to business dealings. He spent more time with him than his own wife for nearly his whole career. They were very close and it's very likely he had access to bank accounts.
So regardless of what you believe, the facts are:
Ippei says he has a gambling problem
Ohtani says he has never gambled period
The bookie says it was Ippei who gambled
The bookie's attorney says it was Ippei who gambled and that he was never in contact or even met Ohtani.
So the only question I have is did Ohtani generously pay off Ippei's massive $4.5 million debt or did Ippei steal it over x period of time. Ohtani claims the latter.
Ohtani is soooooo stupid that he would do all this illegal gambling illegally in an illegal manner and then just wire the money from his personal account to the illegal bookie ensuring that the illegality would be discovered?
Maybe he is that stupid. But then hard to imagine he'd know which end of the bat to grab.
Ohtani is soooooo stupid that he would do all this illegal gambling illegally in an illegal manner and then just wire the money from his personal account to the illegal bookie ensuring that the illegality would be discovered?
Maybe he is that stupid. But then hard to imagine he'd know which end of the bat to grab.
So you believe that Ohtani, who makes $50+ million annually in endorsements alone from numerous sources across the world plus his $2 million/year mlb contract and deferred $680 million all funnel into one single bank account that he solely manages by himself? You believe that no one but him manages his business dealings and immense wealth? Is it not fathomable that a close confidant in Ippei would take advantage of his position to fund his gambling addiction? MANY celebrities and athletes have been stolen from by those who were close. It happens.
I'll blame myself for sarcasm that was too subtle rather than blame you for completely misunderstanding my point. But thanks for saying it out loud for me.
I'll blame myself for sarcasm that was too subtle rather than blame you for completely misunderstanding my point. But thanks for saying it out loud for me.
It's just taken way more seriously, but it's less common than it is in the States. Their everyday lives aren't inundated with ads from every bookie under the sun. No TV channel, stream, sporting event, or even YouTube video is safe from sports betting commercials here in the US. Most adult males in the US are gamblers. It's just a part of the culture at this point.
So the only question I have is did Ohtani generously pay off Ippei's massive $4.5 million debt or did Ippei steal it over x period of time. Ohtani claims the latter.
Yes, Ohtani very clearly said in his press conference that he knew nothing about Mizuhara's gambling addiction or debt until the scandal broke. And there's no evidence to the contrary.
The interpreter fell on his sword. Ohtani used his interpreter to make those bets & to create "separation" if anyone found out. The whole story is falling apart.
Ohtani is dirty & if he bet on baseball- he's toast like Pete Rose.
If there's this much outrage over his betting...sure he'll get banned for life, but we remember, we let our congressional members in Washington trade stock in the same industries for the committees they are responsible for and get advanced information many months before it's released to the public, if it even gets released to the public. And make trades on that information.
Why do you think congressional members get so rich off the $174k/yr pay, it's not from lobbyists and 3rd-party individual lining their pockets with cash, it's insider information allowing them to kill it in the stock market. The most successful traders are not working a big firms on Wall Street or running hedge funds, it's congressional members.
It does seem unfathomable that Ohtani would let this guy have access to his money and not notice the millions that were flowing into gambling. But there is a very, very long list of professional athletes who had family and friends bilk them out of their money once they hit the big time in the pros. Most of the athletes who end up blowing all their money during their pro careers are not going broke because they bought supercars, flew on private jets to party with their friends in Ibiza and drank $1,200 bottles of Bordeaux every night. They lost their money because their cousin got them to invest in a restaurant that never opened and their step brother got them to buy lots in some swamp that were never developed. The story is the same every time. The athletes thought they could trust everyone to handle their money so they could just focus on their sport.
It was Ippei Mizuhara who claimed this in an interview with ESPN, not Ohtani. Mizuhara addressed the team after game one in Seoul after said interview took place, this is when Ohtani first became aware of it and immediately talked to his lawyers because Ippei had told lies. At no point did Ohtani change his story. There is Ippei's telling of events (The ESPN interview and addressing the team} and Ohtani's telling of events (Denying Ippei's claims). That interview was not Ohtani's story, but Ippei's. You wrongly believe what Ippei said in his interview was said by Ohtani, but it was not.
Former Angels teammate David Fletcher claims that he was the one that introduced Ippei to the bookie and Ohtani was not involved.
The bookie claims he only dealt with Ippei and that he floated him so much credit solely because of his relationship to Ohtani and his access to his funds.
The bookie's attorney stated that it was Ippei that was betting and not Ohtani.
It has also come to light that Ippei lied about graduating from UC Riverside and working for the Red Sox and Yankees.
People completely underestimate how integral Ippei was to Ohtani's business. He wasn't simply just an interpreter. He was a personal assistant, manager, and the inbetween when it came to business dealings. He spent more time with him than his own wife for nearly his whole career. They were very close and it's very likely he had access to bank accounts.
Are you Ohtani's attorney or PR guy?
Give it up, Sally. Your 2018 Astros were were sleazier than Pete Rose and almost as bad as the Black Sox.