So he's pleaded guilty. Career possibly over for $10K. Sad really.
As some indicator of what his sentence could be, Ryan Tandy an NRL player was banned from playing professional league in Australia, after being caught doing something a bit similar.
He managed to avoid jail and went on to play in the UK after that. Sadly he died of a drug overdose a few years later.
I'm guessing Lewis has played his last ALM game, but if he avoids jail he might be able to play somewhere else overseas. He's still only 28. Have no idea how FIFA treats this stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Tandy
On 6 October 2011, Tandy was found to be guilty of manipulating the first scoring point of the game. He received an intensive correction order for six months. It required: community service, supervision and curfew, but he could have been jailed for two years. He appealed the charge in January 2014 but lost the case. Tandy received a lifetime ban from NRL rugby league over the spot fixing.
As some indicator of what his sentence could be, Ryan Tandy an NRL player was banned from playing professional league in Australia, after being caught doing something a bit similar.
He managed to avoid jail and went on to play in the UK after that. Sadly he died of a drug overdose a few years later.
I'm guessing Lewis has played his last ALM game, but if he avoids jail he might be able to play somewhere else overseas. He's still only 28. Have no idea how FIFA treats this stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Tandy
On 6 October 2011, Tandy was found to be guilty of manipulating the first scoring point of the game. He received an intensive correction order for six months. It required: community service, supervision and curfew, but he could have been jailed for two years. He appealed the charge in January 2014 but lost the case. Tandy received a lifetime ban from NRL rugby league over the spot fixing.