Overview
- The six-episode podcast launches July 28 with the first two episodes and will release new chapters through August 11 to retell the 2021–2024 scheme.
- Federal filings show Mizuhara placed more than 19,000 illegal bets and stole nearly $17 million from Ohtani and he is now serving a 57-month federal prison sentence.
- The series includes the only recorded interview Mizuhara gave, a roughly 90-minute tape, plus the first public comments from an IRS agent who worked the case.
- Listeners will hear bookmaker Matthew Bowyer explain how he recruited and managed high-value illegal clients and reporting indicates Ryan Boyajian received immunity for cooperating.
- Tisha Thompson, who first broke the story in March 2024, says the new material deepens the account and could renew public scrutiny of illegal betting, close personal betrayals, and how sports media cover league-adjacent investigations.