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Australian Soccer Players Banned over Spot-Fixing Gambling Offenses
Four players received multi-year bans and fines for a scheme involving deliberate yellow cards to manipulate betting outcomes, with payments of 10,000 AUD each, Football Australia said.
- 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.
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The Independent (US)Four footballers in Australia banned after spot-fixing betting scandal
Four players have been hit with lengthy bans after being found guilty of spot-fixing
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Australian soccer players banned over spot-fixing gambling offenses
Football Australia has banned former Western United player Riku Danzaki for seven years and ex-Macarthur FC pair Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus for at least four years over spot-fixing gambling offenses.
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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.
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