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Published 12:47 14 Nov 2018 GMT
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"There's a lot of people who have vested interest in promoting and advertising gambling, I don't think it's a problem with that.
"I just think it's a problem when we ban something that is clearly a massive part of our game and then we start banning players for it."
It has since emerged that a five-figure bet was placed on Sturridge moving to Inter Milan on loan in January, although the FA have not confirmed that they are taking that particular wager into account.
Barton wants to see a bit more leniency on players when it comes to gambling, branding the current rules "draconian".
Barton added: "I'm not saying we should allow betting on games because obviously it would probably hurt the integrity of the sport but I think we need to be a bit more 21st century about our approach.
"I do think the rule here is a little bit too draconian, a little bit too hard line.
"What difference does it make if a player in the Premier League is betting on the Brazilian league, how can he influence that?
"The zero-tolerance approach is clearly always going to have casualties."
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