Two former A-League stars have learnt their fate after pocketing $10,000 for their roles in a betting scandal.

Ex-Macarthur Bulls players Kearyn Baccus, 34, and Clayton Lewis, 28, both admitted to deliberately earning a yellow card in a match against Sydney FC on December 9, 2023, in exchange for $10,000.

The pair pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct that corrupts the betting outcome of an event.

Magistrate Michael Blair on Wednesday sentenced Lewis and Baccus to two-year community release orders without convictions.

Lewis embraced loved ones just outside the courtroom following Wednesday’s proceedings.

Mr Blair accepted the pair had both expressed genuine remorse for their actions in letters to the court, and that neither of them had a criminal record.

He found Lewis’ moral culpabi

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