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Australian Soccer Players Banned over Spot-Fixing Gambling Offenses
Four A-League players admitted to accepting A$10,000 each to deliberately receive yellow cards, resulting in bans ranging from four to seven years, fines, and repayment orders.
Football Australia has banned several players, including Riku Danzaki for seven years and Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus for at least four years, over spot-fixing gambling offenses.
Danzaki and an amateur player were convicted and fined for deliberately receiving yellow cards in exchange for bets placed by the amateur player.
Lewis and Baccus admitted to being paid to deliberately earn yellow cards in a match and were required to repay the money as a fine.
Football Australia has vetoed the former Western United player, Riku Danzaki, for seven years and the former players of Macarthur FC, Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus, for at least four years due to gambling crimes rigged in the A-League.