{"id":623897,"date":"2023-05-27T06:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T10:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=623897"},"modified":"2023-05-27T06:28:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T10:28:28","slug":"ivan-toney-banned-betting-culture-gambling-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/27\/ivan-toney-banned-betting-culture-gambling-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"International Defender Speaks Out on Gambling Addiction Gripping Football Following Ivan Toney Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A report from\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4520698\/2023\/05\/27\/football-gambling-dressing-rooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Athletic<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> has surfaced detailing the betting culture rife within football. The shocking report shows the money some players are gambling away, in some cases on their own teams. The recent 8-month ban of Ivan Toney after the England international admitted 232 breaches of the Football Association\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefa.com\/football-rules-governance\/policies\/betting-rules\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rule E8<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which prohibits players from gambling on football, has highlighted the extent of the betting culture present in football.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ivan Toney Gambling Addiction Highlights Problem in Football<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SPECIAL REPORT: This is the extent of gambling\u2019s grip on football dressing rooms.<\/p>\n<p>We detail:<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f An obsession with horse-racing<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Players openly betting on matches<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Betting as a \u201cform of escape\u201d<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Lack of impact banning sponsors will have<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdd <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaydmharris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jaydmharris<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticFC\/status\/1662360739930329090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Toney Receives 8-Month Ban and Diagnosed with Gambling Addiction<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Toney is facing an uncertain future after receiving an 8-month ban for repeatedly placing bets on matches involving his own team. The England international incredibly backed his own team to lose on 13 separate occasions.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.com\/news\/brentford-c-e-la-fila-per-un-attaccante-80067\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Manchester United transfer target<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has begun his ban, which would have been three months longer, had he not been diagnosed with a\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">gambling addiction<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Betting on your own team to lose is punishable by a lifetime ban, something the Brentford striker was found guilty of.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/17\/manchester-united-target-ivan-toney-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United Target Hit With Eight-Month Ban in Huge Transfer Twist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Toney<b>&#8216;<\/b>s ban means he will not appear for Brentford until 2024, and ex-professionals and gambling support companies have spoken out in support of the striker. Scott Davies, the player\/manager at Slough Town of National League South, has been open in the past about his battle with gambling addiction, estimating he lost around \u00a3250,000, almost his entire income over nine years due to gambling addiction. The Slough Town boss also works with Marc Williams for <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epicriskmanagement.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">EPIC Risk Management<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. EPIC offers expert advice on how gambling-related harm can be prevented. Williams who faced gambling issues in his own life was full of empathy for the striker. \u201cToney is going to have to get support.&#8221; says Williams, \u201cHe has been taken away from the game he loves, that camaraderie with the lads, the goalscoring feeling.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rN_3HVvnTKRMyDo_9VWa9w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1247838457\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rN_3HVvnTKRMyDo_9VWa9w',sig:'eRfucs-0ScByM7kW0hHzzKYyaOcbTDX2MqwMDKHrH0g=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1247838457',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gambling in Football<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The report from The Athletic details how present the issue of gambling addiction is in football. Aside from the much-publicised banning of Toney, many footballers have had battles with gambling addiction throughout their careers and after. Ex-Arsenal and England star\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2021\/sep\/18\/paul-merson-gambling-is-a-horrible-addiction-your-career-passes-you-by\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Paul Merson<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has been vocal about his struggles with gambling and heartbreakingly described the hardest part of his gambling addiction. &#8220;You lose time. Time just goes and that breaks my heart more than anything.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/04\/10\/brentford-price-tag-david-raya-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018One of the Best\u2019 Goalkeeper\u2019s Price Tag Set Amid Manchester United Interest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many other players have struggled with gambling, including former Chelsea and Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen, who once described the feeling gambling gave him. &#8220;When I had that huge win, I had a feeling of elation, which I can only compare to the rush of scoring a goal&#8221;. Wigan Athletic and Sierra Leone international defender Steven Caulker has also spoken about his challenges with addiction and described betting as a \u201cform of escape\u201d. Caulker details in the report an incident that occurred the night before a game where he lost a substantial amount of money, which left him feeling \u201cmentally drained and stressed.\u201d It&#8217;s apparent that gambling addiction is a problem in football, and one that needs to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are suffering from gambling addiction and need support, see the links below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gamblers Anonymous: <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EPIC Risk Management: <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epicriskmanagement.com\/support\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.epicriskmanagement.com\/support<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report from\u00a0The Athletic has surfaced detailing the betting culture rife within football. The shocking report shows the money some players are gambling away, in some cases on their own teams. The recent 8-month ban of Ivan Toney after the England international admitted 232 breaches of the Football Association\u2019s\u00a0Rule E8, which prohibits players from gambling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":623898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8684,30,3],"tags":[1377,2593,4078],"class_list":["post-623897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-brentford","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-brentford","tag-football-gambling","tag-ivan-toney"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}