Jontay Porter banned from NBA for violating league's gaming rules


by NBA.com

NBA.com— A league investigation finds Porter, who violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, is banned for life.

@HipHopWired—Betting On Yourself: Toronto Raptors Jontay Porter Slapped With Lifetime Ban For Violating NBA’s Gaming Rules. Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty / Jontay Porter Jontay Porter f ed around and found out. The now-former two-way player for the Toronto Raptors gambled his money and his NBA career away. NBA.com dropped the news yesterday that Jontay Porter, brother of Denver Nuggets superstar Michael Porter Jr., has been slapped with a lifetime ban for violating the league’s gaming rules. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver came down with the hammer on Porter after the league wrapped its investigation and...

Daily Mail—Jontay Porter is given a LIFETIME BAN by the NBA for breaking the league's gaming rules after he gave gamblers confidential information and bet on games. The NBA has issued a lifetime ban to Jontay Porter for breaking gaming rules. He gave gamblers confidential information and even bet on games himself. DailyMail.com

The Guardian—NBA hits Raptors’ Jontay Porter with lifetime ban for violating gambling rules. Sportsbook reported inconsistencies in prop betting marketsInvestigation surrounded irregular activity around March game‘It’s an addiction’: NBA’s ties to betting trouble playersThe NBA has banned Toronto two-way player Jontay Porter after a league investigation concluded that he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games.The league said in a statement on Wednesday that an investigation found that Porter disclosed confidential information about his own health...