Joey Barton believes the problem of gambling within football is rife, so much so that players are putting 100,000 bets on a single bet.

The former Burnley midfielder, who was released from the club after he was given an 18-month suspension for gambling offences, says that some players get more of a high gambling than they do running on the pitch at the World Cup.

"One thing footballers have in common is they love betting, because they're competitors," said Barton via the Sunday Times.

"I was an outlier on volume but there'll be outliers on wagers staked. I've been in dressing rooms with players, where they've a hundred grand staked on mad stuff. On one bet. Scary. A lot bet massive figures.

"I've seen players who've played in World Cups go out on the pitch and not get anywhere near as much of a buzz from that, or scoring goals, as from betting on the horses."