{"id":27595,"date":"2024-04-18T11:23:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=27595"},"modified":"2024-04-18T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:23:59","slug":"jontay-porter-toronto-raptors-forward-banned-from-nba-for-life-for-violating-league-gaming-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/jontay-porter-toronto-raptors-forward-banned-from-nba-for-life-for-violating-league-gaming-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Jontay Porter: Toronto Raptors\u2019 forward banned from NBA \u2018for life\u2019 for violating league gaming rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>(Cover photo, Jontay Porter, Image credit: NBA)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 17, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that Jontay Porter, 24, a two-way player recently under contract with the Toronto Raptors, has been banned from the NBA for life. A league investigation discovered that Porter violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting his own participation in one or more games for betting purposes, and betting on NBA games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a> bans <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raptors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Raptors<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JontayPorter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JontayPorter<\/a> for life. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShamsCharania<\/a> weighs in on the why and what comes next. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qqYMYDag1N\">pic.twitter.com\/qqYMYDag1N<\/a><\/p>— Laura Coates (@thelauracoates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thelauracoates\/status\/1780951430913810531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The league\u2019s investigation found that prior to the Raptors\u2019 March 20 game, Porter disclosed confidential information about his own health status to an individual he knew to be an NBA bettor. Another individual with whom Porter associated and knew to be an NBA bettor subsequently placed an $80,000 parlay proposition bet with an online sports book, to win $1.1 million, wagering that Porter would underperform in the March 20 game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The league\u2019s investigation also found that Porter limited his own game participation to influence the outcome of one or more bets on his performance in at least one Raptors game.\u00a0 In the March 20 game, Porter played only three minutes, telling his coach that he felt ill and couldn\u2019t play.\u00a0 Interestingly, due to the unusual betting activity and actions of the player, the $80,000 proposition bet was frozen and was not paid out. <em>~ The NBA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, from January through March 2024, while traveling with the Raptors or Raptors 905, the Raptors\u2019 NBA G League affiliate, Porter placed at least 13 bets on NBA games using an associate\u2019s online betting account. These bets ranged in size from $15 to $22,000, for a total of $54,094. The total payout from these bets was $76,059, resulting in net winnings of $21,965. None of the bets involved any game in which Porter played. Three of the bets were multi-game parlay bets that included one Raptors game, in which Porter bet that the Raptors would lose. All three bets lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jontay Porter really got a lifetime ban for $20k \ud83d\ude2c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/InAWIy2hAI\">pic.twitter.com\/InAWIy2hAI<\/a><\/p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1780655288506274283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspicious bets involving Porter\u2019s performance in the Raptors\u2019 March 20 game were brought to the NBA\u2019s attention by licensed sports betting operators and an organization that monitors legal betting markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NBA has shared and will continue to share information with federal prosecutors about Porter\u2019s illicit involvement in this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said: <em>\u201cThere is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition for our fans, our teams and everyone associated with our sport, which is why Jontay Porter\u2019s blatant violations of our gaming rules are being met with the most severe punishment.\u00a0 While legal sports betting creates transparency that helps identify suspicious or abnormal activity, this matter also raises important issues about the sufficiency of the regulatory framework currently in place, including the types of bets offered on our games and players.\u00a0 Working closely with all relevant stakeholders across the industry, we will continue to work diligently to safeguard our league and game.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lines.com\/nba\/players\/jontay-porter-2444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jontay Porter Stats, Bio, Age, Net Worth, & Career<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on Porter being banned by the NBA for life, see the video accompanying this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woj reacts to Jontay Porter being banned for life due to gambling violations | NBA Today\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSKNlam9ISQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">–<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: NBA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today<\/em><em><br>Follow Richard on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a> <em>& <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rdwebster54\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He limited his own participation in games, disclosed inside info to sports bettors, & bet on NBA games himself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[503,16,40,3079,52,17,684,6678],"tags":[17690,17691,17693,17469,176,17125,17692],"class_list":["post-27595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-entertainment","category-lifestyle","category-police","category-public-health-and-safety","category-sports","category-stupid-criminals","category-video","tag-jontay-porter","tag-jontay-porter-banned-from-nba","tag-jontay-porter-banned-from-nba-for-life","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-sports-gambling","tag-toronto-raptors","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27597,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27595\/revisions\/27597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}