Collingwood's Jaidyn Stephenson was handed a harsh penalty by the AFL for betting on Magpies matches.
He will be banned from 10 games, the remainder of the home away away season, and suspended for a further 12 as well as a $20,000 fine.
The harshness of the penalty is a warning from the league, enforcing their rules and showing that they have a zero tolerance towards the issue.
And so we've taken a look at other examples when sporting stars bet on their own team.
How does Stephenson's compare to the following five cases?
2. Pete Rose (MLB)
Pete Rose was a star baseball player for the Cincinatti Reds between 1963 and 1978 and eventually the manager between 1964 and 1989. ESPN reported in 2007 that he betted "every night" while the manager of the club.
However, it later was revealed on Outside the Lines that he placed bets while in his playing career as well, something he denied when admitting to his time as a manger.
He placed bets on all major US sports, including his own. In a notebook found by Outside the Lines, he bet around $2,000 a game and once lost $5,500 on the Boston Celtics. His worst month, according to the notebook was when he lost $15,400 on one day in March.
Rose eventually received a lifetime ban for gambling in 1989. Due to his ban he isn't eligible to make the Hall of Fame, something he hopes he can do one day if reinstated.
He asked the new MLB commissioner Rob Manfred if he was able to get reinstated in 2015 but to no success.
