One of the biggest stories in baseball this year has been the explosive gambling controversy involving Shohei Ohtani’s longtime friend and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, who Ohtani alleged to have stolen millions of dollars from him to cover for massive gambling debts. While there had been some skepticism from fans regarding whether Mizuhara was covering for […]
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Gambling revenue has provided a lifeline to the leagues and team owners as well. The increase in cord-cutting is depriving them of lucrative TV revenue, and younger generations are showing less interest in watching full games. Gambling helps to generate interest in games, perhaps even entire leagues, that one might not consider watching otherwise. Last […]
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