South Korean baseball players busted for illegal online gambling

SOUTH KOREA -- As reported by The Korea Times: "Prosecutors are investigating more than 10 pro-baseball players suspected of having habitually bet tens of millions of won on illegal online gambling. Some top-class players are also on the list.

"Prosecutors have confirmed that 12 to 14 baseball players played Baccarat on an Internet site.

"...The prosecution will summon the players soon for questioning. ``We examined whether other people borrowed the players' names for membership of the gambling site, but we secured evidence that the players themselves gambled,' the prosecutor said.

"According to the prosecution, some players stopped gambling after gaining money in the games as the site operator threatened them. 'The operator, suspecting that the players won the games through hacking, threatened that they would notify their teams of their gambling, so the players stopped using the site,' he said..."