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N.F.L. Suspends Five Players for Gambling

Quintez Cephus and C.J. Moore of the Detroit Lions and Shaka Toney of the Washington Commanders were suspended indefinitely for betting on N.F.L. games, and two other Lions players will sit out six games for gambling violations.

The player suspensions come after the N.F.L. has reversed its long-held opposition to sports gambling.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

Updated 4:13 p.m. ET

The N.F.L. suspended five players on Friday for violating the league’s gambling policy, including three who were banned for at least the entire 2023 season, in the biggest group of penalties for gambling violations in 60 years.