Ippei Mizuhara made 19,000 illegal wagers and fell into debt by more than $40 million, feds reveal – OCRegister

On the gambling books, Ippei Mizuhara was known by the account number 35966. Using that handle, Mizuhara made 19,000 illegal wagers with an Orange County bookmaker, averaging 25 bets a day, from $10 to $160,000, indicating the level of his alleged addiction. In one day in October, he made three bets totaling $233,386, authorities said.…