CNN —Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said on Thursday that he hopes the league’s investigation into superstar Shohei Ohtani is short, “but I just don’t know” how long it will take.
The build-up to the new MLB season was overshadowed following the recent gambling scandal involving Ohtani and his former longtime interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.
The Internal Revenue Service and Major League Baseball are investigating the matter, with the league trying to determine whether its strict rules against gambling have been broken.
MLB commissioner Manfred can also penalize someone who goes outside legal sports betting entities and gambles with a bookie.
The situation involving Ohtani has raised further questions abouts sport’s relationship with betting in the US as the industry continues to grow.
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