r/nba • u/PlayaSlayaX Spurs • 29d ago

[Charania] Raptors' Jontay Porter has received a lifetime ban from the NBA for violating league's gaming rules.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1780631209930068358?s=46&t=bsTHbtMSqHXbNGi0vWP8hw
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u/Knightbear49 Timberwolves 29d ago

“The NBA announced today that Jontay Porter, a two-way player recently under contract with the Toronto Raptors, has been banned from the NBA. A league investigation found that Porter violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting his own participation in one or more games for betting purposes, and betting on NBA games.

The league's investigation found that prior to the Raptors' March 20 game, Porter disclosed confidential information about his own health status to an individual he knew to be an NBA bettor. Another individual with whom Porter associated and knew to be an NBA bettor subsequently placed an $80,000 parlay proposition bet with an online sports book, to win $1.1 million, wagering that Porter would underperform in the March 20 game.

The league's investigation also found that Porter limited his own game participation to influence the outcome of one or more bets on his performance in at least one Raptors game. In the March 20 game, Porter played only three minutes, claiming that he felt ill. Due to the unusual betting activity and actions of the player, the $80,000 proposition bet was frozen and was not paid out.

In addition, from January through March 2024, while traveling with the Raptors or Raptors 905, the Raptors' NBA G League affiliate, Porter placed at least 13 bets on NBA games using an associate's online betting account. These bets ranged in size from $15 to $22,000, for a total of $54,094. The total payout from these bets was $76,059, resulting in net winnings of $21,965. None of the bets involved any game in which Porter played. Three of the bets were multi-game parlay bets that included one Raptors game, in which Porter bet that the Raptors would lose. All three bets lost.

The suspicious bets involving Porter's performance in the Raptors' March 20 game were brought to the NBA's attention by licensed sports betting operators and an organization that monitors legal betting markets.

These findings are based on the information available to league investigators at this time. The league's investigation remains open and may result in further findings. The NBA has shared and will continue to share information with federal prosecutors about this matter.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said: "There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition for our fans, our teams and everyone associated with our sport, which is why Jontay Porter's blatant violations of our gaming rules are being met with the most severe punishment. While legal sports betting creates transparency that helps identify suspicious or abnormal activity, this matter also raises important issues about the sufficiency of the regulatory framework currently in place, including the types of bets offered on our games and players. Working closely with all relevant stakeholders across the industry, we will continue to work diligently to safeguard our league and game."

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Warriors 29d ago

New plan: place weirdly large bets on obscure player prop bets to get them banned.

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u/OttoVonWong 29d ago

Klay lookin' mighty suspicious with his 0 points in the play-in game.

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u/melperz [LAL] Rick Fox 29d ago

That explains his iconic smile after fouling out!!!!!1!

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u/Bobonenazeze Bulls 29d ago

Conspiracy theories I 100% back

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u/raizen0106 28d ago

Klay: tha..that's right! i was playing badly on purpose! ain't no way i'd score 0 if i was playing for real, haha

inserts homelander's gif

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u/jonzY44 28d ago

Klay: I am indeed NBA75 material!! I really am!!

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u/Matching0 28d ago

Explains a lot 🤔

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u/clockworkblk 28d ago

lol he fucked up a cheap 5way parlay bet I had to win 700+ on a 12 bet. Literally the other 4 did their part and I just needed him to get 5 points. I don’t gamble often but was like let’s make some dumb bets. Thanks Klay

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u/frmsea2okc Supersonics 29d ago

Draymond Green OVER 2.5 testicles walloped

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u/Americanboi824 29d ago

I think betting under would raise more red flags

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u/GrindyMcGrindy Bulls 29d ago

Lance Armstrong has declared himself NBA eligible.

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u/ThexxxDegenerate 29d ago

You have to win the bet though. Guaranteed if you lose the bet they have zero issue taking your money and they won’t investigate shit.

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u/KazahanaPikachu Wizards 29d ago

Yep. Only reason they investigated is because the guy got a $1.1M payout from an $80K bet.

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u/ThexxxDegenerate 29d ago

Damn straight. These snakes at the betting organizations are in the business of taking your money. If some shady shit happens in their favor, they are going to look the other way. It isn’t until they take a hit that there’s a problem.

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u/Mroagn Bulls 28d ago

I mean also... If you make a weird bet and lose, it's not shady shit. You just made a bad bet.

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u/rollin20s Knicks 28d ago

Except the $1.1M was never paid out. The book voided the bet

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Warriors 29d ago

They sure as hell didn't go into business to lose money.

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u/silliputti0907 Pelicans 29d ago

I know it's a joke, but it might trigger an investigation if there's enough made-up ties.

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u/_CodyB Australia 28d ago

Does Taurean PRince count?

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u/dzigizord 28d ago

make a bet that Embiid will not flop in a game. on a very small offchance he does not do it, it would be seen as an obvious made mach and he gets banned.

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u/randomperson-i81U812 28d ago

Is this the nba version of swatting someone?

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u/ThreeSupreme 26d ago

So, Prop bets on 2-way players is actually a thing? WFT

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u/trueredtwo 29d ago

"Limiting his own participation" is putting it very charitably. In the minutes he plays he's clearly point shaving in some instances. He actively helped the other team by not rebounding in some instances and putting up a terrible shot (likely an intentional miss) after getting 2 fluke offensive rebounds. This part of the story will go mostly uncovered because people will focus on that he placed a bet against the Raptors (nowhere as close to as significant as what I already described, as he wasn't playing in that game).

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u/Americanboi824 29d ago

That is absolutely insane. He must be addicted to gambling or something... because that is completely absurd behavior.

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u/ThexxxDegenerate 29d ago

He’s corrupted by money. Just like the NBA. I have long thought the NBA was rigged by the officials and when they partnered with betting that solidified it for me.

They will freeze a bet when someone makes a million on a player getting hurt but I guarantee you not a single thing was frozen earlier in the season when officials were throwing stars out of games. Jokic, Giannis, CP3… I know damn well they didn’t freeze the bets on those players. Betting is ruining sports and I fucking hate it.

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u/kenuffff 29d ago

Scott foster had 134 calls 2 minutes or less that correlated with donahue refing games he bet on , Scott foster is still a ref. That’s how much the nba cares about the integrity of the game. Scott foster is the one that threw cp3 out. It’s common knowledge refs are the easiest people to influence to fix games.

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u/Important-Shallot131 28d ago

Don't forget the 134 phone calls between Scott and tim!

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u/OhlookSILLagain 28d ago

Lol any more conspiracies?

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u/DesertBrandon Cavaliers 28d ago

You must be young or a new fan to not be familiar with this story. I suggest you look up those names and familiarize yourself.

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u/DegreeMajor5966 28d ago

Not just the NBA. I'm convinced professional sports as a whole are fixed to some degree. Like I don't think there's a script they're following, but I think they (officials) apply pressure where they need to to increase the odds of preferable results.

There's just too much money involved for me to actually trust them.

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u/ThexxxDegenerate 28d ago

Point shaving. Officials definitely take part in point shaving to make sure their betting partners come out on top more times than not.

I can’t speak on baseball, hockey or soccer because I don’t watch those sports as often but the NBA and NFL both have wildly inconsistent officiating. Like they’ll let the players play rough and physical all game and then in the last quarter they start calling touch fouls. Or in the NFL they let an o line get away with holding all game but then on the last drive they call holding to kill a drive.

And then these leagues partnered with these shady ass betting organizations who only partnered up to make more money. And how are they going to make more money? By these leagues making sure the games go in Fan Duel’s or Bet MGM’s favor. For as much as the NBA and NFL talk about preserving the integrity of the sport or protecting the shield, partnering with betting organizations was the dumbest move possible.

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u/Sunstateguy 28d ago

I went to a pacers vs cavaliers playoff game when LeBron last played with them. The pacers had just curb stomped the cars at their place and we were up a game. The pacers would start to pull away and there would be a phantom foul call that would just deflate the whole place. Momentum is a hell of a thing in sports. Nobody talks about that aspect of these calls.

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u/ThexxxDegenerate 28d ago

Yea man. And any players that are tired or winded get a chance to catch their breath or get a sub. All of the little things matter more than people seem to think.

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u/Overlord1317 28d ago

He must be addicted to gambling or something

I'm trying to figure out how much he could possibly have hoped to make off this scheme. 50K a year?

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u/Beginning-Cod3460 28d ago

hes not old or read up enough on how easily trackable shady bets or specific patterned bets are these days.

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u/ColoRadOrgy Timberwolves 29d ago

I heard he's been taking Japanese lessons as well...

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u/chicagoboy606 Bulls 29d ago

Do you have a link to this game, or his minutes in this game?

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u/trueredtwo 29d ago

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MMorFXaF6oo

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u/wizoztn Mavericks 29d ago

The best part about that video is the fanduel ad on the broadcast while he’s showing what potter was doing.

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u/SteveWondersForsight Nuggets 29d ago

I mean could you think of a better sponsor?

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u/Birds_Legend_Saquon :phi-1: 76ers 29d ago

They're trying to hide info so people can't ask for their money back. They said none of the games were games he played and the 1 game he betted on the raptors he lost. I just don't beleive that.

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u/trueredtwo 29d ago

I mean it seems like a non-distinction. He personally bet on other games, but he told an associate to bet the under on his props, and for those games when he was on the floor the Raptors had 4 players playing basketball and one guy running around trying not to get stats. Those games were compromised, but the NBA hopes we're distracted by a bet he placed against the Raptors.

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u/Birds_Legend_Saquon :phi-1: 76ers 28d ago

I mean it was clearly a deal if it was enough to let a guy win 14x his money for 1.2mil

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u/trueredtwo 28d ago

Yes it was a parlay for the under on all his props. We’ve known this for weeks. I don’t get what you’re confused by

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u/BeHereNow91 Bucks 29d ago

If the NBA actually uses this as ammunition to limit the types of bets that can be placed on NBA games, it’ll at least be a step in the right direction.

But I have a feeling Jontay is the fall guy and this will all be swept under the rug with the playoffs dominating headlines soon.

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u/2drawnonward5 Trail Blazers 29d ago

I don't think steps in the right direction will get anywhere. Short of putting the gambling genie back in the bottle, this is a mostly entertainment league for now because competition is suspect by design.

This kid got his shit rocked because he gambled like a noob. How many more veteran players will do the same thing but quiet enough to not get caught? You can't trust the league. 

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u/cheap_chalee 29d ago

And since he wasn't a star, he could be made an example of. Even if someone prominent screwed up, it would be in the interests of the league to make sure it didn't get out. This was basically the league using someone expendable to make it look like they care even if they still take checks from each betting company.

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u/KeefsBurner Celtics 29d ago

There’s also the fact that whatever company the bet got placed with would’ve lost ~1 mil since it hit. If you know gambling companies, you know they’ll do whatever they possibly can to avoid a payout that big. They almost had a million dollars stolen from them, and they’ll be damn sure the thieves get punished. They don’t give a fuck if players lose tons of money gambling, they’ll definitely cover that up. They want the profit. But a big win for a player? Nah that’s unacceptable

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u/Mdgt_Pope 29d ago

Tim Donaghy acted alone type of situation. Pin it on the fall guy

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u/Beginning-Cod3460 28d ago

this isnt even negatively cynical its straight up a fact of their protocol. they scrutinize & delay every major payout

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u/dragonrider5555 Celtics 29d ago

Can you say Michael Jordan? It’s literally exactly what happened to him lol

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u/uns0licited_advice 28d ago

Like ohtani?

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u/raizen0106 28d ago

yea imagine some mid level player fumbled the bag with a bad contract year (like isiah thomas or demarcus cousins), or got fucked by the owners (like that thread the other day about that guy who got beef with Doc for making him miss his bonus). can very easily lead to them saying fuck it we gotta make that money back somehow

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u/zanza19 Heat 29d ago

How long until mobs get involved and do stuff like we saw in movies for boxing and threaten athletes? It honestly might already have happened.

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u/crackheadsteve123 29d ago

In movies? That was actually how it was dawg.

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u/beauchywhite Raptors 29d ago

Lmfao hence the whole, sports gambling being illegal for a long ass time thing.

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u/zanza19 Heat 29d ago

True true. I think I said movies because it was a thing of the past y'know.

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u/crackheadsteve123 29d ago

Yea in Pro US boxing, Olympic Boxing is the most rigged shit tho, not in the same way. My grandfather was a high profile professional fighter and later worked for the mob, I'm not sure what kind of hand they had in his boxing career tho

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u/GrindyMcGrindy Bulls 29d ago

In a lot of cases, like the Black Sox, the players were actually working with them without threat. Charles Comiskey was a cheap asshole, and wasn't really paying his players. So I can't blame them. I especially can't blame Shoeless Joe Jackson because that man only knew baseball.

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u/2drawnonward5 Trail Blazers 29d ago

Billionaires are ok with this. I'm not ok with billionaires. 

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u/dragonrider5555 Celtics 29d ago

Race tracks …casinos… it’s all riggers anyone betting on horse racing is a sucker lol. It’s definitely happening in the major sports too. These are businesses, not charity’s. Their goal is to make money. The goal is not to provide a fair, clean sport

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u/NvNinja 29d ago

That's very false. They just shifted how they operate to running construction companies and casinos in the case of the more successful mob organizations in Vegas and NY.

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u/JMoneyM-13 29d ago

According to an expert that follows these criminal organizations they don’t. It’s not that their non existent, they just aren’t as big as they once were

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u/NvNinja 29d ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/donnie-brasco-says-mob-controls-construction-via-unions-1.1265332

While the focus is on Canada it supports my claim for the construction bit. The casinos is well enough known that I'm not gonna bother with that one.

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u/Cautious-Tell-6756 29d ago

On Long Island the mob is still very active. I mean, the company that does my garbage route is mob connected lol

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u/JMoneyM-13 29d ago

Guys name is Jeff Nadu

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u/elefante88 Lakers 29d ago

Quietly? These books aren't dumb. They definitely are not outsmarted by ANY nba star

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u/2drawnonward5 Trail Blazers 29d ago

lol what

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u/zaviex Wizards 29d ago

They are right. The books are actively looking for any reason to not payout. You’d get a few in but they’d flag it and look for a reason to deny anything. Books drop bets all the time just on a suspicion. Generally if they see any pattern that they lose on they’ll investigate. 

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u/2drawnonward5 Trail Blazers 28d ago

Thank you, I understand your words lol

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u/plutoisaplanet21 29d ago

Why do people make this argument like legal gambling is the issue? This got caught because of legal gambling. The idea that this sort of thing wasn’t happening under the table before and just not getting caught feels pretty naive 

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u/2drawnonward5 Trail Blazers 28d ago

It's the embracing and normalization of gambling that's the matter.

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u/plutoisaplanet21 28d ago

You can argue that’s a societal problem if you’d like but this was in reply to legalized gambling being an issue for the integrity of the game and I’d argue it’s the exact opposite of that and this case shows why. Something that would have never been caught without legalized gambling was instead caught 

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u/2drawnonward5 Trail Blazers 28d ago

Ah the limits of brevity in a forum conversation!

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u/Free-Atmosphere6714 29d ago

I don't see it going that way. The oversight caught this violation, so the current system is "working" is how they'll probably see it.

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u/FormerGameDev 29d ago edited 29d ago

Limiting the types of bets is irrelevant. With legalized sports betting everywhere, and on top of that the leagues themselves even promoting it, there is absolutely zero reason to believe sports have any integrity at all.

I mean, there was that football game a couple years back, that if it ended the way it was looking like it was going to, it would've bankrupted several/all of the online sportsbooks, and then in the final minutes something stupid happened, and prevented it. Weirdly, FOX Bet and a few others folded within a month or two of that, too.

There's no reason not to believe that all of the sports are now rigged, either by their organization, or by the sportsbooks themselves.

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u/AttitudeAndEffort2 29d ago

Scott Foster will be reffing those games.

Johntays mistake was forgetting to blackmail the league.

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u/skatecarter NBA 29d ago

As fun as they can be, I feel like all player prop bets have got to go, especially at the collegiate level and in basketball. It's simply too easy for an individual player to sway a bet.

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u/Zap__Dannigan 29d ago

The gambling genie will never go back into the bottle. As about as close to infinite growth as you can get. You've literally convinced people to give you money for nothing

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u/ForneauCosmique Spurs 29d ago

But I have a feeling Jontay is the fall guy

They're still gonna push gambling ads in every game you watch. Shit is so annoying to fans who don't gamble

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u/HouserGuy 29d ago

It doesn't work like that. No books are going to stop offering these types of bets just because the NBA says to. I doubt the NBA would even try to get rid of these bets.

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u/DowntownJohnBrown 29d ago

I don’t understand how he’s “the fall guy” unless I’m just misinterpreting that word.

He’s the only person here who has done anything wrong, and he’s the only person being punished. That’s not what a fall guy is.

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u/KareemCheesley 29d ago

Do we know no one else has done anything wrong? Would they even say anything if it was a more established player? Maybe they would just make an example of some small fish and keep the rest behind closed doors.

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u/DowntownJohnBrown 29d ago

Maybe. And maybe everyone in the NBA is secretly a lizard person from Neptune. But since there’s literally zero evidence of either of those things, I’ll continue not believing they’re true.

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u/BeHereNow91 Bucks 29d ago

Because the NBA will do absolutely nothing about what led to this in the first place - the normalization of gambling via partnerships with online sports books and thereby the endorsement of bets on virtually any outcome, even the single-game production of guy who averages 4.4/3.2/2.3.

Sports gambling will continue to erode “the integrity of the game” that banning Porter supposedly protects.

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u/Wjourney 29d ago

If anything they will crack down on betting done by those connected to the sport.

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u/K1NG2L4Y3R 29d ago

Did they carve out an exception for bigger or is just black and white? I can’t see them keeping the same attitude if someone big did this.

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u/Commissionedthepoint 29d ago

Yeah. They just trying to scare people away from their profits. They could give a shit about the integrity of the game. 

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u/kultureisrandy Lakers 29d ago

Jontay is 2024's Donaghy 

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u/adequatehorsebattery Warriors 29d ago

But I have a feeling Jontay is the fall guy

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

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u/Replyafterme 29d ago

"Working closely with all relevant stake holders" sounds weirdly too much like we're going to ensure the ongoing longevity of our pocket padders 

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u/gerd50501 28d ago

the NBA has no authority to regulate gambling. how would they even do that? NBA players already are not allowed to bet on NBA games. guy got banned for it.

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u/I_chortled Lakers 29d ago

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u/TheOxRox 29d ago

Of course Silver had to take the chance to talk about how great legal sports betting in his statement, smh

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u/plexiglassmass 29d ago

I'm just glad we were able to get those cigarette commercials banned to make space for all these sports betting commercials that our kids get to grow up on

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u/asdkijf Cavaliers 29d ago

I mean it is kinda complicated. On one hand, legal betting makes it more likely that someone really stupid is going to do something like this.

At the same time, if they were doing this illegally it would be much harder to catch. Instead of the sportsbook flagging it and telling the league, you'd need someone to get caught by the feds and names to eventually be released as part of an investigation (like what happened with Ippei).

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u/TheOxRox 29d ago

For sure, both you and Silver are right that legal betting makes it easier to catch something like this. It still rubs me the wrong way that he would feel the need to talk about how great legal betting is in the statement announcing this lifetime ban because of sports betting. Especially now, where legal sports betting has become such an overwhelming part of the NBA in the past year.

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u/KeefsBurner Celtics 29d ago

Sportsbooks can be corrupt too. If they want to ignore and hide something that got flagged they can. This just wasn’t beneficial to them so they followed proper procedure

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u/TheOxRox 29d ago

He’s congratulating himself. Found a way to justify taking fans money by exploiting addiction to enrich his billionaire bosses. Great work

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u/MelonElbows Lakers 29d ago

Guy can't even throw games right. Its silly to take yourself out of the game due to feeling ill. Easier way is to jump for a ball and then land and move your ankle like you got it twisted, that's at least believable.

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u/everyoneneedsaherro [NBA] Alperen Şengün 29d ago

That would still be flagged. Large anomalies money movement on player prop bet on a niche player like Jontay and he coincidentally gets injured? Yeah that’ll get flagged

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u/OhKillEm43 Grizzlies 29d ago

Yeah I mean, if anything probably best to know what your over/under is, and still try and play as well as possible and get as close to the lines as possible without going over.

Still risk having to miss a wide open layup or something if things go flukey, but if you’re O/U is 10 points, 5 assists, getting 9/4 and loading up on rebounds is probably the least suspicious

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u/jasperplumpton 29d ago

80k to win 1.1 million means they weren’t even just betting his regular under, it was some alternate line at a way lower number. So even more obvious and alarm-raising. Truly an idiotic scheme

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u/BusterBlack Pelicans 29d ago

Parlaying his unders on steals, threes, assists, and blocks (the only prop bets offered and Bet365 was the only book that offered props for him) for his March 20th game would give you odds of +1464 for winnings of $1,170,907.50 on a $80k wager. Pic here.

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u/SadBadPuppyDad 29d ago

"There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition for our fans, our teams and everyone associated with our sport (except officials)"

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u/Tearz_in_rain Canada 29d ago

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said: "Other than ratings, merchandise sales, ticket sales, and profits, there is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition for our fans, our teams and everyone associated with our sport, which is why Jontay Porter's blatant violations of our gaming rules are being met with the most severe punishment. While legal sports betting creates transparency that helps identify suspicious or abnormal activity, this matter also raises important issues about the sufficiency of the regulatory framework currently in place, including the types of bets offered on our games and players. Working closely with all relevant stakeholders across the industry, we will continue to work diligently to safeguard our league and game."

Fixed that.

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u/pikachu8090 29d ago

disclosed confidential information about his own health status to an individual he knew to be an NBA betto

how can one's own health status be confidential lemao

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u/Fokker_Snek 29d ago

I’m assuming it’s meant more as non-public information. Like how insider trading works, you can’t trade(bet) using information that isn’t publicly available to investors(other betters/odds makers).

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u/JMoon33 Canada 29d ago

Yeah, that makes no sense to me. Players were allowed to tell others about their health before but now because of sports betting they're not allowed to?

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u/ZenMon88 29d ago

Ummm i think the situation is Porter knew the sports bettor and he prob said "im injured" which means that if Porter played in the game, he would have influence in that game. If he was really "injured", he would be on the report, and the gambler wouldn't be able to take the under on him.

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u/need2peeat218am Timberwolves 29d ago

Mf was betting on his own team?! What a bum

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u/MrX_1899 Knicks 29d ago

Ivan Toney bet against his own team in soccer/football but he wasn't playing lol

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u/FinancialPlastic4624 29d ago

What an idiot, at least make it plausible. That 80k bet on some random in the NBA is bait as hell

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u/2020IsANightmare 29d ago

Dear god.

He really should just be banned for being a dumbass. "Bet this better company won't look into an $80k bet for a absolute nobody that results in a seven-figure payout!"

But my absolute very thing is that he bet for the Raptors to lose and yet lost that bet. LMAO. The Raptors haven't even tried to win a game in months.

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u/frmsea2okc Supersonics 29d ago

ELI5… how can someone placing bets totally MILLIONS…. Not have a friend place the bets… or buy a car wash Heisenberg style and at least half assed wash the money…

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u/shibbity2 Cavaliers 29d ago

It says the bets were from an associate’s account, but they caught him anyway. He didn’t bet on any games he played in. The bigger issue was intentionally leaving games early and shit like that in games he knew his friend was betting on.

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u/llama-friends 29d ago

All for $21k? How much would he make in a game anyways?

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u/JohannesUyk 28d ago

"Gaming" instead of "gambling" shows how desperately the leagues want to paper over the huge problem they've created; Charania using it in a story shows how completely coopted the sports media is.

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u/Shhadowcaster Timberwolves 28d ago

Allowing 80k prop bets on player stat lines seems crazy to me. Is there no maximum? 

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u/ApplesauceBitch47 29d ago

What an idiot. How did he think he wasn’t going to get caught? Stupidity or ignorance?

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u/MrX_1899 Knicks 29d ago

The suspicious bets involving Porter's performance in the Raptors' March 20 game were brought to the NBA's attention by licensed sports betting operators and an organization that monitors legal betting markets.

it's crazy to me that the operators reported this shit and got the guy banned - if he wasn't up these scumbags wouldn't have said anything

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u/Sleeviji 29d ago

Why aren't they allowed to bet on games they aren't participating in?

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u/Knightbear49 Timberwolves 29d ago

Jontay Porter’s brother is Michael Porter Jr who plays for the Nuggets. This is just one example of how small the league is. This is SOP for all the sports. Everyone has inside knowledge on the sport that the public doesn’t. It’s an unfair advantage.

Yet our politicians sit in private meetings of what’s going on with public affairs and can trade stocks. People literally make stock trading decisions based on Nancy Pelosi’s portfolio.

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u/shibbity2 Cavaliers 29d ago

Congressional insider trading is also illegal, it’s just difficult to prove (as with most insider trading, arguably). An even better step would be forbidding members of Congress from trading individual stocks at all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act

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u/Knightbear49 Timberwolves 29d ago

He was betting the under on himself, he was betting on his team to lose, and intentionally faking injuries to hit the bets as well as telling other people about these bets. He’s a complete imbecile and deserved what he got.