Two Korean baseball players were suspended for gambling unrelated to baseball:
The Korean Baseball Organisation (KBO) handed out half-season suspensions to pitchers Lim Chang-yong and Oh Seung-hwan on Friday following allegations they were involved in illegal gambling in Macau.
Prosecutors in December sought a summary order against the two pitchers and asked a local court to impose 7 million won ($5,848) each in fines.
Free agents Oh and Lim are suspected of gambling tens of thousands of dollars in Macau in November 2014. South Korea’s gambling laws ban nationals from betting in casinos abroad.
Now those are tough gambling laws! It reminds me of the time Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were banned from baseball for working for a casino.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1S849ym
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