Korean pitcher faces gambling charges amid bid to join MLB

A South Korean pitcher’s dream of playing in the Major Baseball League could be shattered over gambling charges.

Hanshin Tigers relief pitcher Oh Seung-Hwan will be summoned by Seoul prosecutors this week over illegal gambling overseas probe.

Oh was dragged into an illegal gambling hullabaloo after the prosecutors secured a list of Koreans who frequently go to gambling houses in Macau and other Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines.

South Korea, which allows local residents to enter to just one of the country’s 17 casinos, also prohibits its citizens from gambleing abroad.  According to a former member of a Korean gang surnamed Lee, Oh gambled over 100 million won in the exclusive junket room Lee used to operate in Macau.