{"id":2223679,"date":"2024-04-17T19:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-bans-player-for-alleged-involvement-in-betting-contacts-federal-law-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T19:46:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T23:46:04","slug":"nba-bans-player-for-alleged-involvement-in-betting-contacts-federal-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-bans-player-for-alleged-involvement-in-betting-contacts-federal-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA player banned for suspected betting ties, reaches out to federal authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnba-bans-player-for-alleged-involvement-in-betting-contacts-federal-law-enforcement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The NBA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">banned<\/a> Toronto Raptors&#8217; Jontay Porter for violating betting rules after disclosing confidential \u2063health information \u200dto an NBA bettor, leading to unusual betting activity. Porter restricted his game involvement to influence bets on his performance, resulting in a ban\u2064 from the \u200dleague. This incident occurred during\u200c the March 20 game\u2063 where Porter played only three minutes\u2063 due to claimed illness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The NBA announced on Wednesday that it has banned the Toronto Raptors\u2019 Jontay Porter from playing in the league after an investigation found that he allegedly violated rules involving betting.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old center \u2014\u00a0who was a two-way player, playing for the Raptors and the Raptors\u2019 G League team \u2014 played in 26 games this season, averaging 4.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/4278103\/jontay-porter\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/jontay-porter-banned-from-nba\">statement<\/a>, the NBA said that the investigation found that \u201cprior to the Raptors\u2019 March 20 game, Porter disclosed confidential information about his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-quietly-changed-basis-of-essential-public-health-services-from-research-to-equity\/\" title=\"CDC Quietly Changed Basis Of Essential Public Health Services From \u2018Research\u2019 To \u2018Equity\u2019\">health status<\/a> to an individual he knew to be an NBA bettor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother individual with whom Porter associated and knew to be an NBA bettor subsequently placed an $80,000 parlay proposition bet with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-cocaine-story-wont-go-away-despite-best-efforts\/\" title=\"White House struggles to shake off persistent cocaine story.\">online sports book<\/a>, to win $1.1 million, wagering that Porter would underperform in the March 20 game,\u201d the NBA said. \u201cThe 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. In the March 20 game, Porter played only three minutes, claiming that he felt ill. Due to the unusual betting activity and actions of the player, the $80,000 proposition bet was frozen and was not paid out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While playing on the Raptors\u2019 NBA G League affiliate in March, Porter allegedly \u201cplaced at least 13 bets on NBA games using an associate\u2019s online betting account,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThese 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NBA said that licensed sports betting operators and an organization that monitors legal betting markets were responsible for bringing the suspicious bets to the league\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>The league said that it has turned over its findings to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bank-of-america-is-without-the-knowledge-or-the-consent-of-customers-sharing-private-info-with-feds-tucker-carlson-reports\/\" title=\"Bank Of America \u2018Is Without The Knowledge Or The Consent\u2019 Of Customers \u2018Sharing Private\u2019 Info With Feds, Tucker Carlson Reports\">federal law enforcement officials<\/a> and will continue to cooperate with authorities.<\/p>\n<p>NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said: \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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1713449380053000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0e-HYFsZYxlnnLDshKhFqj\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile legal sports betting creates transparency that helps identify suspicious or abnormal activity, this matter also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-labels-harvard-and-upenn-presidents-with-nickname-team-hamas\/\" title=\"Bill Maher dubs Harvard and UPenn presidents as 'Team Hamas\">raises important issues<\/a> about the sufficiency of the regulatory framework currently in place, including the types of bets offered on our games and players,\u201d he added. \u201cWorking closely with all relevant stakeholders across the industry, we will continue to work diligently to safeguard our league and game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to rule violations related to betting, the NBA banned Toronto Raptors&#8217; Jontay Porter from league participation. The 24-year-old center, who played for both the Raptors and their G League team as a two-way player, featured in 26 games this season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2223680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/NBA-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/NBA-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}