"There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition," Adam Silver said in a statement.
Raptors center Jontay Porter has been banned from the NBA for violating gambling rules, the league announced Wednesday.
The NBA has banned Jontay Porter or life after an investigation revealed that he shared information with sports betters.
The NBA banned Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter for life on Wednesday after a bombshell probe found he bet on league matches -- dubbed a "cardinal sin" by NBA commissioner Adam Silver. The league said that Porter, who spent part of his season in the NBA and part of it
The NBA has issued a lifetime ban to Jontay Porter after an investigation found that he disclosed information to bettors and bet on NBA games.
On March 20th, Porter was DraftKings’ biggest loss in the entire player prop market, having ranked No. 1 in their moneymakers category for the Raptors.
The league found that Porter leaked information about his health to a
We’re beginning to find out more about Jontay Porter’s gambling habits that got him permanently banned from the league. Last month, the NBA announced they were opening an investigation into Porter after sports books flagged several large wagers being made on Porter prop bets in games in which he left early with injuries. Eventually, the […]
The legalization of sports betting has sparked a growing number of gambling-related controversies.
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...
commissioner Adam Silver delivered the league’s most severe punishment in decades for gambling on Wednesday, banning forward from the league for what he termed “a cardinal sin” of betting on the league’s games and sharing inside information. The league said that Porter, who spent part of his time in the NBA and part of it in its developmental G League, privately told a sports bettor he was hurt, removed himself from a game to control prop bets on his own play, and placed his own wagers on NBA...
The NBA just made an unprecedented disciplinary move. The league just banned Toronto Raptors guard Jontay Porter from the NBA for life. Porter not only bet on his own team to take an L, but also did things to manipulate his play to alter the betting scales in his favor! Wild. League Commissioner Adam Silver […] The post SOURCE SPORTS: Jontay Porter Banned From NBA for Life After Gambling and Betting His Team Would Lose first appeared on The Source.