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Aaron Catterson-Reid

FA investigating yellow card given to Arsenal player over suspicious betting patterns

The Football Association is investigating a yellow card shown to an Arsenal player, according to recent reports.

According to The Athletic, the FA are looking into an incident involving a Gunners player receiving a booking during a Premier League match this season, amid concerns regarding suspicious betting patterns.

The report also claims that bookmakers had noticed an unusual sum of money placed on the member of Mikel Arteta 's squad being handed a yellow before flagging it to the FA.

"The FA is aware of the matter in question and is looking into it", the FA were quoted as telling The Athletic.

Back in 2017 during a match between the north Londoners and Sutton United, goalkeeper Wayne Shaw was fined £375 and banned for two months after breaching FA betting rules.

The Sutton shot-stopper ate a pie during the FA Cup tie after a bookmaker had promoted an offer that he would eat a pie on camera during the fifth round encounter.

Shaw was accused of intentionally influencing a football betting market before he was proven guilty following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing.

He resigned after the incident and played it all down as a joke despite admitting that he was aware of the betting promotion before the game.

"We are told we are not allowed to gamble as it is full-time professional football," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.

"In no way did I put anyone in jeopardy of that - this is not the case here, this is just a bit of fun and me being hungry."

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