Rose Did Not Bet on Baseball, Associate Says
A former Dayton, Ohio, businessman who admits he and Manager Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds made sports bets through bookies and wagered at race tracks, says Rose never bet on baseball.
Charles Foreman, who headed Foreman Industries before the company collapsed in 1981, said in an interview with the Dayton Daily News that he sometimes handled Rose’s bets at race tracks and once at an Atlantic City, N.J., casino. He also said he and Rose would bet $100 or $200 a game on football and basketball.
“I’ll bet on the same team you’re betting on,” he said Rose would tell him. But in regard to baseball betting, he said Rose told him once: “I just won’t do it.”
The baseball commissioner’s office is investigating Rose’s gambling activities. If he is found to have bet on baseball, he could be suspended for one year. If he is found to have bet on games involving the Reds, he could be suspended for life.
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