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?
1. Joey Barton (EPL)
In 2017, Joey Barton was banned for 18 months after the FA announced that he had placed approximately 1,260 bets on matches, including some he was involved in. On top of that, he was fined 30,000 GBP.
Playing with Burnley at the time, Barton was found to have been betting between 2006 and 2016. The FA released a list of 30 bets that were the “most pertinent”, of which two he was playing in. He also placed a bet on the 2011 FA Cup, a match which he was playing in.
“I was not involved in the match day squad for any of those games,” he wrote in defense of betting on his own matches. “I had no more ability to influence the outcome than had I been betting on darts, snooker, or a cricket match in the West Indies".
Despite contesting the ban and hoping to shorten it, the ban sent him into an early retirement.
