By STEFANIE DAZIO LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to running an illegal gambling business, U.S. authorities announced Thursday. Mathew Bowyer’s business operated for at least five years in Southern California and Las Vegas […]


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Originally Published: <time datetime="2024-08-01 15:41:29">August 1, 2024 at 3:41 p.m.</time>

By STEFANIE DAZIO LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to ru…{ai:summary}<p>In the smoky back rooms of Southern California and Las Vegas, Mathew Bowyer was raking in cash from sports bets for five long years. The law finally caught up with him, and now he's ready to plead guilty for running his illegal operation.</p><p>Another chapter closed in the shady world of gambling. #crime</p>

Bookmaker to plead guilty in gambling case tied to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter

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