[SPO 이슈④] Sports betting’If it takes, it’s over’… The precedent says-SPOTVNEWS

▲ KBO has been operating a clean baseball center after the match-manipulation incident in 2016 and is working to prevent fraudulent behavior by players. Ⓒ Kwak Hye-mi reporter

[스포티비뉴스=신원철 기자] Even though the conclusion was obvious that it was ‘taken, it’s over’, there was another player who was addicted to gambling that he should not secretly touch.

KBO reorganized the existing’Company Center’ into a’Clean Baseball Center’ with the goal of preventing fraud after the match-manipulation excommunication in 2016. In 2017, to raise awareness of cheating, the Clean Baseball Center website was created to prevent illegal sports betting, alcohol, assault, and sexual crimes as well as game manipulation. Nevertheless, it could not contain the source of’individual deviation’.

On the afternoon of the 13th, Doosan Bears announced that they had requested the KBO to designate pitcher Hyun-wook Jung (22) and catcher Kwon Ki-young (22) as suspended players. According to Doosan, on the 11th, Jung Hyun-wook confided that he played sports toto in the process of interviewing with club officials over personal debt issues. It is a violation of the National Sports Promotion Act. The club even investigated Kwon Ki-young’s access to the speculative website after conducting a survey of the entire team.

Doosan suffered from measles in 2016 due to the sports betting problem of its players. It was belatedly discovered that Jin Jacob was involved in illegal internet gambling in 2011. The KBO Reward and Penalty Committee imposed a penalty for suspending 20 matches and fined 20 million won to Doosan. In addition, Doosan also punished Jin Jacob for 120 hours of social service. Jin Jacob was eventually released from Doosan after the 2017 season.

It’s not just the squad. In 2019, NC fired an employee who participated in private sports betting and filed a complaint with the prosecution. The former employee, who was fired, is reportedly involved in sports betting to pay off a loan received from a lender after owing to stock investment.

The standards for the level of disciplinary action for cheating are increasing. KBO said, “Societal standards have changed now. Illegal sports gambling is a violation of the National Sports Promotion Act, and because it is a serious offense, it is possible to disqualify.”

Spotify News = Reporter Woncheol Shin
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