Resorts World on line casino in Las Vegas simply bought hit with a nasty beat … because the venue was fined $10.5 million in connection to a cash laundering case involving a bookmaker who took hundreds of bets for Shohei Ohtani‘s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.

The Nevada Gaming Management Board dropped the information on Friday … saying  the 2 sides entered right into a settlement over the “unsuitable strategies of operation primarily ensuing from actions on the licensed property by unlawful bookmakers Matthew Bowyer and Damien LeForbes.”

Together with the high quality … the Vegas location might be making adjustments to its govt management and implementing stricter protocols to forestall cash laundering, nevertheless it is not going to need to admit or deny any of the allegations made in opposition to it.

The state gaming board first filed the complaints in opposition to the comparatively new on line casino final 12 months … alleging unlawful bookmaking actions and welcoming folks with gambling-related convictions.

Bowyer reportedly took hundreds of sports activities bets from Ohtani’s ex-interpreter … with Mizuhara taking almost $17 million from Ohtani behind his again to repay the money owed he had amassed courting again to September 2021.

He pled responsible to these crimes … and was sentenced to 57 months in jail. He initially confronted 33 years behind bars.