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NFL raises suspensions for players betting on league games

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The NFL approved changes to its gambling policy last week, introducing tougher suspensions for players who bet on NFL games. The league said a wager on an NFL game brings an indefinite suspension of at least one year, rising to at least two years for a bet on a player’s own team; game-fixing can result in a lifetime ban. The NFL and NFL Players Association said they review the policy together.

The NFL policy sets tougher suspensions for betting on league games and lifetime bans for game-fixing.

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NFL policy bars Saquon Barkley from holding Polymarket stake

Saquon Barkley said he sold his stake in Polymarket after NFL gambling rules barred covered personnel from investing in prediction markets that trade on sports, according to a report. An NFL spokesperson said players could not invest in or endorse such companies under the policy. The league has also urged the US Supreme Court to consider whether states can apply local sports-betting rules to prediction-market contracts.

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley said he sold his equity stake in prediction-market platform Polymarket after NFL rules barred him from holding it, he told Front Office Sports. Barkley said he had been an investor in Polymarket before the league's gambling policy required him to divest.

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