So many cracks in this story that has had details changed a couple of times from both Ippe and Ohtani's people.
Lets say Ohtani didn't gamble (that's a stretch but lets go with it). He still violated MLB rules by paying a bookie $4.5M for his interpretor's debt. MLB will try to downplay this until someday it eventually dies. IRS will keep it a live story though.
If the net result is Pete Rose get in to the HOF, I'm OK if Ohtani gets away without any punishment.