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NBA Issues Lifetime Ban to Raptors' Jontay Porter for Betting, Disclosing Info

Apr 17, 2024, 04:55 PM

Jontay Porter, a player for the Toronto Raptors, has been banned for life from the NBA following a comprehensive investigation. The investigation uncovered that Porter placed 13 bets on NBA games, including bets against his own team, using an associate's account. He bet amounts ranging from $15 to $22,000, totaling a payout of $76,059 with net winnings of $21,965. Porter disclosed confidential information to sports bettors, limited his own participation in games for betting purposes, and never bet on games he played. This severe breach of NBA's gambling policies led to his lifetime ban, marking him as the first NBA player to receive such a ban since Chris Washburn in 1989.