{"id":482034,"date":"2024-04-17T13:15:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482034"},"modified":"2024-04-17T13:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:15:52","slug":"nba-hits-jontay-porter-with-lifetime-ban-over-illegal-betting","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/nba-hits-jontay-porter-with-lifetime-ban-over-illegal-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA hits Jontay Porter with lifetime ban over illegal betting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA has handed down a lifetime ban to <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/toronto-raptors\/\">Toronto Raptors<\/a>&#8216; two-way player Jontay Porter after an investigation revealed that he breached gambling regulations by disclosing confidential information and placing bets on games.<\/p>\n<p>According to the league&#8217;s statement on Wednesday, Porter disclosed sensitive information about his health status to an individual known to be involved in NBA betting ahead of a game against the Sacramento Kings on March 20. Subsequently, another individual, also identified as an NBA bettor, placed an $80,000 parlay bet with an online sportsbook, anticipating Porter&#8217;s underperformance in the game with the potential to win $1.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Porter played only three minutes in the Sacramento game, citing illness. However, the suspicious betting activity and Porter&#8217;s actions led to the bet being flagged, frozen, and ultimately not paid out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Jontay Porter has received a lifetime ban for violating the league\u2019s gaming rules <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLyJuP8dXZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/bLyJuP8dXZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1780632492023702014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NBA&#8217;s attention was drawn to the irregular betting patterns surrounding the March 20 game by licensed sports betting operators and a betting market monitoring organization. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver emphasized the paramount importance of upholding the integrity of NBA competition, stating that Porter&#8217;s violations of gambling rules warrant the severest punishment.<\/p>\n<p>Silver also highlighted the broader issues raised by this incident, including concerns about the adequacy of the current regulatory framework for sports betting. He underscored the NBA&#8217;s commitment to collaborating with industry stakeholders to enhance measures aimed at safeguarding the league and its integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA has handed down a lifetime ban to Toronto Raptors&#8216; two-way player Jontay Porter after an investigation revealed that he breached gambling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482035,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[22850,17837,17079],"news_category":[16706,16715],"gn_keywords":[22851,18089,1067],"acf":{"announce":"Toronto Raptors' player will not play again as he was charged with multiple bets","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482036,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482034\/revisions\/482036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482034"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482034"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}