NBA bans Toronto Raptors’ Jontay Porter over on-line sports activities betting

The NBA has completely banned Toronto Raptors ahead Jontay Porter from the league for violating its playing guidelines, the league said in a statement on Wednesday. In response to an inner investigation carried out by the NBA, Porter wager on NBA video games, disclosed confidential data to different gamblers, and adjusted his participation in sure video games to affect the result of sure bets.

The league began wanting into Porter after a March twentieth recreation in opposition to the Sacramento Kings wherein Porter performed for simply three minutes. Porter left the sport after saying he felt in poor health. Forward of that recreation, Porter informed “a person he knew to be an NBA bettor” about his well being standing, in accordance with the NBA’s assertion. One other particular person then put an $80,000 parlay on the sport, betting that Porter would underperform. The sports activities betting operators and a company that displays playing markets introduced the bizarre bets to the NBA’s consideration, and the sports activities ebook froze the $80,000 wager, which might have in any other case paid out to $1.1 million.

In response to the investigation, Porter additionally wager on at the very least 13 NBA video games utilizing an affiliate’s account after signing with the Raptors. None of them have been video games he performed in, however three concerned a single Raptors recreation. In whole, Porter wagered $54,094 throughout that timeframe, leading to a $76,059 payout, the league claims.

Porter had an energetic VIP FanDuel account earlier than signing with the Raptors in December of final yr, Action Network reported. A number of sources stated Porter wager hundreds of thousands of {dollars} on that account between 2021 and 2023 whereas taking part in on three completely different NBA G League groups. These bets didn’t contain any NBA or faculty basketball video games, one supply informed Motion Community.

In September 2020, Porter started posting about playing, inventory buying and selling, and cryptocurrency on X underneath the account @TayTrades11, Daily Hive reports. The account has been largely dormant since 2023.