Money Today Reporter Lee Eun | 2023.05.18 16:26
Former baseball player Kang Byeong-gyu regretted looking back at the past when he caused controversy.
On the 17th, on the YouTube channel ‘Grasshopper Entertainment’, ‘Kang Byung-gyu vs Mansindeul! A video called ‘Tight struggle and Kang Byeong-gyu’s tears’ was released.
In this video, Kang Byeong-gyu mentioned various controversies such as SNS (social network service) sniping posts and illegal Internet gambling, which he posted in anger.
He said, “Actually, the gossip started in 2009. Without realizing it, I fell into a trap that I couldn’t understand, and at some point I woke up and fell into it.”
Kang Byeong-gyu said, “In the past, when I got angry after drinking a drink and watching the news, I used SNS to get angry. Then, if it was noisy because it was structured to borrow my writings and fight, actually, I’m not on SNS now, so I’m quiet.”
He previously courted controversy by criticizing Cheonan’s bereaved family and the Korean Professional Baseball Players Association through his social media.
Kang Byeong-gyu also mentioned that he was caught up in the 2008 illegal internet gambling scandal. Kang Byeong-gyu said, “(When I was a baseball player), my lifelong goal was to collect 100 million won. When I was playing baseball, my elder brother-in-law took a loan in my name. My brother- he started in business law, and that was the IMF. I couldn’t pay him back, “he said, taking his luck.
He surprised everyone by saying, “Then, an unexpected offer to enter the entertainment industry came in, and I was broke after not being able to pay it back in 10 years, but I paid it back within a month after entering the entertainment industry. “
He continued, “My goal was 100 million won, 1 billion won, 5 billion won, and 10 billion won. It became 20 billion before I knew it. I said, ‘If I will earn 30 billion won, I will emigrate.’ Then he repented, “I really want to go back.”
Kang Byung-gyu said, “I saw (gambling) as a game. I went to the casino and fought with people who had nuclear bombs with a gun in the ridiculous idea of trying to beat these fancy and wonderful things. Looking back, they said it be an addiction.” I looked back.
When Wisdom Mansin, who had heard all of Kang Byeong-gyu’s story, asked, “Didn’t you get rid of 10 billion won?”, Kang Byeong-gyu corrected by saying, “30 billion won.”
In response, Wisdom Mansin said, “For example, if you get rid of 10 billion won, there is a bowl that can win 10 billion won again. I believe it should be filled,” he advised.
In response, Kang Byeong-gyu drew attention by saying, “Is it possible?”
Meanwhile, Kang Byeong-gyu was charged without custody for gambling on an internet gambling site between October 2007 and May 2008, and was ordered to do 160 hours of community service in 2009 for one year of probation.
At that time, he sent 2.6 billion won to an internet gambling site and lost 1.2 billion won gambling so-called ‘baccarat’ for about 80 days. Kang Byung-kyu is said to have told the prosecution, “I learned about internet gambling through spam messages on my mobile phone, and I continued to gamble to get back the money I lost.”
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