Notts County’s Lewis Macari is below investigation by the FA for allegedly inserting bets on soccer video games. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
Present Notts County defender Lewis Macari is going through allegations of violating the English Soccer Affiliation’s betting guidelines.
The 23-year-old allegedly positioned 354 wagers from February 2020 to December 2022 when he was with Stoke Metropolis as a youth participant. The Affiliation’s guidelines strictly prohibit gamers from betting on soccer video games, even when they haven’t any direct hyperlink with both crew.
wager on his crew shedding to Newcastle United in a 1989 FA Cup conflict
Lou Macari, a midfielder who performed 329 instances for Manchester United within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, is his grandfather. He was additionally the topic of an investigation over gambling-related offenses. On this occasion, Macari was the supervisor of Swindon when he wager on his crew to lose to Newcastle United in a 1989 FA Cup conflict.
Lewis Macari has appeared 61 instances for Notts County of the EFL League 2; the membership says that it’s going to help him all through the investigation and gained’t remark once more on the matter.
Macari is the most recent EFL participant to face an FA investigation. Simply final week, Ryan Bowman obtained a 42-month ban after admitting to creating 6,397 wagers.