The NBA is hoping that Jontay Porter’s lifetime suspension will be the last gambling scandal the NBA has to face.
According to ESPN, the league is discussing changes to the prop bet menu with its sportsbook partners.
The discussion even reached the point of banning it. A certain player’s stake is “insufficient”, However, there appears to be concern that without such a market, illegal gambling could increase.
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Next to the NBA logo on the court during the first half break of the 2023 NBA Summer League game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 7, 2023. A basketball placed on the. . (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
“Since states began legalizing sports betting in 2018, we have worked closely with gambling operators and fraud monitoring organizations to implement critical monitoring and reporting systems to identify potential gambling anomalies. “We have put in place the best possible measures to protect the integrity of our game,” an NBA spokesperson said in a statement to ESPN.
Porter was banned for life on April 17 after an NBA investigation found he leaked confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games in violation of league rules. The NBA prohibits players from betting on the league or its assets.
The league previously said the investigation found.of [Toronto] raptorsThe match on March 20th, [Jontay] He disclosed confidential information about his health to someone he knew to be an NBA bettor. ”
Toronto Raptors #34 Jontay Porter warms up before a game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center on March 9, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. (Arika Jenner/Getty Images)
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“Another person associated with Porter and known to be an NBA bettor then placed an $80,000 parlay proposition bet at an online sportsbook and won $1.1 million. [Jontay] We will perform poorly in the match on March 20th.”
In a game on March 20, he claimed to be unwell and played only three minutes. The $80,000 prop bet was frozen and not paid.
The NBA said Jontay placed “at least 13 bets on NBA games using an affiliated betting account” between January and March of this year while he was with the Raptors or their G League team, Raptors 905. announced that it had been found.
The NBA logo is displayed on the backboard before the game between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz at Ball Arena on October 30, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (C. Morgan Engel/Getty Images)
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