Third Japanese badminton player admits to entering casino

Another member of the Japan national team has come clean about entering a casino, local media reported.

Last week, ace badminton player Kento Momota lost his spot at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after he and his teammate Kenichi Tago admitted to gambling at a casino. Now, the Nippon Badminton Association said a third member of the badminton team has confessed to entering a casino.

According to the Japan Times, the player—whose name has been withheld—told the association he went to a casino twice last year, but did not wager. In a hearing, the player said “he attended twice but left after about 20 minutes, while asserting he did not gamble.”

Association chief executive Kinji Zeniya said the third player will also be given “some kind of discipline” like Momota and Tago because he is also a member of the national team.