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The NBA ha Banned Jontay Porter foreverthe Toronto Raptors player and brother of the more famous Michael Porter Jr of the Nuggets, caught betting on matches in which he was engaged and to “adapt” his performances to the bets on him.
The investigations brought to light a an even more serious picture on the player’s conduct, which he would have operated a VIP account on FanDuel under a false nameonline betting portal in the United States, capable of moving “millions of dollars” over the course of two years dal 2021 al 2023. “Jontay Porter disclosed confidential information to bettors and purposely limited his participation in one or more matches in which he was involved, for betting reasons“, this is how the NBA justified its decision.
The NBA had first challenged Porter for two games in January and March on which they were registered anomalous flows of bets on some overunders on him. It later emerged that the player placed the bet through a nominee’s account over $54,000 on his G-League games with the 905 Raptorscome on three Toronto Raptors games. NBA commissioner Adam Silver called Jontay Porter’s “of blatant violations of our betting regulations, which must be punished in the most severe manner possible“.
A warn the NBA of anomalous flows of bets and winnings had been some online betting portals, starting with a game between the Raptors and Sacramento Kings on March 20th. The real scope of the “Porter system” quickly emerged by tracing the method used by the player. For the March 20 game, Jontay Porter allegedly gave a bettor a tip about using him, and he placed 80 thousand dollars on an under for him. For a total win, if cashed, of over 1.1 million of dollars, win But frozen and never cashed in because of the investigations.
Jontay Porter would also bet on 13 more NBA games through another account, for a total of over 21 thousand dollars in winnings between played and won. And again as emerged from the investigations, in the same period Porter would have managed an account on Discord which gave investment advice on cryptocurrencies, the stock market and online betting with a subscription of $49.99 per month.
2024-04-18 05:26:23
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