OPINION: Big-time illegal bookie about to pay his debt to the government, but how much?

Pay-and-take day approaches for Matt Bowyer, the high-rolling illegal bookmaker who accepted millions of dollars in bets from the former interpreter of superstar baseball player Shohei Ohtani. Bowyer, now 49, is scheduled to plead guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to operating an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a false tax return.…