NBA power forward Jontay Porter has been banned from the NBA for allegedly engaging in sports betting and limiting his participation for gambling purposes.
The NBA issued a press release about the 24-year-old Toronto Raptors player, detailing how a league investigation found that the player violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors.
The league also said that Porter limited “his own participation in one or more games for betting purposes” and also bet on NBA games.
For a game on March 20, 2024, Porter allegedly told a bettor about his health status. The bettor then placed an $80,000 parlay proposition with an online sports book to win $1.1 million dollars.
The bet was that Porter would underperform in certain statistical categories.
Speculation outside official NBA sources stated
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