NFL Gambling Policy: Betting Rules & Guidelines Explained

On Thursday, the NFL said that four players had been punished for breaking the NFL’s gambling rules.

For placing bets on NFL games during the 2022 season, Demetrius Taylor, Isaiah Rodgers, and Rashod Berry of the Indianapolis Colts, as well as free agent Rashod Berry, are all suspended indefinitely till at least the end of the 2023 season.

The Tennessee Titans’ Nicholas Petit-Frere has been banned from the team’s first six regular-season games in 2023 due to his involvement in club-based wagering on non-NFL sports.

After the 2023 season, Rodgers, Berry, and Taylor may file a petition for reinstatement. Following the revelation of their indefinite bans, the Colts released Rodgers and Berry.

Following a string of recent infractions, the NFL is stepping up its efforts to explain the league’s gambling policy to players.

The announcement on Thursday is the most recent in what has grown to be a series of off-season gambling bans in 2023. For breaking the NFL’s gambling policy, the league on April 21 punished Lions receivers Jameson Williams, Quintez Cephus, Stanley Berryhill, safety C.J. Moore, and Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka Toney.

With the growing growth of sports gambling, all rookies will now be obliged to attend mandatory instruction courses, and a group of league authorities are physically visiting club facilities to underline and clarify what actions are forbidden.

NFL Gambling Policy: Betting Rules & Guidelines Explained

Following are the six “key rules” of the league’s gambling policy that will be emphasized:

  • Don’t bet on the NFL;
  • Don’t gamble at your team facility, while traveling for a road game or staying at a team hotel;
  • Don’t have someone bet for you;
  • Don’t share team “inside information”;
  • Don’t enter a sportsbook during the NFL playing season;
  • Don’t play daily fantasy football.

All NFL personnel are forbidden from placing, soliciting, or arranging bets on any NFL game, practice, or other event, whether directly or indirectly through a third party, according to the policy.

This includes gambling on the result of a game, its statistics, the score, a participant’s performance, or any other “proposition bet” that is available.

Part of it includes the clause that reads, “NFL Personnel shall not throw or fix any NFL game or in any way influence its outcome, statistics, or score; or otherwise manipulate or attempt to manipulate any other aspect of any NFL game for a gambling-related purpose.”

The placing, soliciting, or facilitation of wagers on any other professional (such as the NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA, USTA, MLS), college (such as NCAA basketball), international (such as the World Baseball Classic, World Cup), or amateur (such as the Olympic, AAU) sporting competition, tournament, or event is further prohibited for all NFL personnel aside from players.

Additionally, they add that this includes “accepting a bribe or otherwise agreeing to throw, fix, or otherwise influence a game, as well as failing to report any bribe, offer, or attempt to do so.”

Giving their best effort is mentioned in other sections of the NFL Gambling Policy, along with a clause addressing the disclosure of non-public or secret information. This includes the transmission of the data via a third party.

The policy also prohibits NFL players from associating with “persons generally known to be professional, problem, and/or sports gamblers, in a manner that discredits the reputation of the NFL, NFL Players, or the game.”

Fantasy football is a further noteworthy aspect of the policy. NFL players are permitted to enter, but they are not permitted to take any prizes worth more than $250. Additionally, DFS wagers on the NFL (daily fantasy) are not permitted.

Tom Brady was recently hired to assist in educating players about the dangers of gambling since the NFL appears to be at least somewhat aware that some players don’t completely comprehend the rules.

 

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