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Another Sumo scandal, this time for gambling on baseball and other sports
By Zach Arnold | June 14, 2010
The name of the Sumo wrestler is 34-year old ozeki Kotomitsuki, who admitted that he had a problem gambling on baseball games and got into trouble with the yakuza. Wire reports suggest that the gambling problem extends to dozen of Sumo wrestlers. Involuntary retirements may be coming soon.
This comes on the heels of one Sumo coach admitting his ties to the yakuza as recent as three years ago. More on that story can be found here.
Mainichi notes that Kotomitsuki’s debt in terms of paying off the gangs is 100 million yen, which is about a million dollars.
If you’re wondering if gambling is rampant in other sectors of the fight game in Japan, the answer is without question — yes.
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Hearing Dana White say one way of the other UFC are going to get in Japan is more laughable by the day. You either accept the yakuza is necessary nuisance or dont even bother.
Zach,
Heard about this today on NPR, just happened to be a passenger at the time when it was on. Basically re-iterated what you’ve been saying: seems very similar to the goings-on before the fall of Pride