The National Basketball Association has taken the rare action of handing a lifetime ban to a player to “protect the integrity” of the league.
On Wednesday, the league announced that it was banning Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter after an investigation into allegations of gambling.
On its webpage, the league announced that its investigation “finds Porter violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors and also bet on NBA games.”
Officials claimed 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.”
According to Sports Illustrated’s Raptors page, Porter disclosed confidential medical information about his own medical status to a person he knew to be an NBA gambler.
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