On March 23, the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office decided not to prosecute Orix ・ Taisuke Yamaoka pitcher (29), who had been sent to prosecutors on gambling charges. Yamaoka admitted to betting about 3 million yen between September 2009 and October 2011, and was suspected of gambling on poker games by connecting to an overseas online casino site from his smartphone during the Miyazaki camp in February 2011. He commented, "I will do my best to contribute to the team. He has already refrained from activities and made donations, and the baseball team will not impose any additional punishment. Team general manager Kohama called on him to "do his best so that he will be back among the first-team players as soon as possible.
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