"Jontay Porter receives lifetime ban from NBA for violating gambling rules"

[alastantiger]

Jontay Porter worked hard most of his whole life to get into the NBA. He can never get it back and has many years left to try to beat back the sadness of having his happy dream explode into a nightmare. It's his fault and he deserves the tough punishment.

He worked so hard to throw everything away for a few grand that his salary would have paid more than 10 times in a year. He threw his career and hard work away, I feel pity for the people he has disappointed being his family, friends and fans. He may end going overseas to play but the news will never go away. But if players are not allowed to bet, what about the referees? What's the NBA rules on gambling for referees?

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[Wexnident]

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Well deserved imo. It seems like it's not just one, but multiple instances of matches that he did this and he probably went ahead and spread this out to a rather sizeable group of bettors. Pretty easy to see how this breaks the idea of fair play when it comes to sports betting and we all know how sports tournaments have a partnership of sorts with bookies. I guess the level of punishment would've been toned down if the issue was a bit lighter but only they can say really how heavy the violation was.

Also from a few threads I've read, looks like the man is a gambling addict? Guess that's why he gave up his life career for just that much lol.

[wheelz1200]

Honestly I I get the ban.  Betting on the game you play ruins the integrity of the game and people question the legitimacy of it if players are betting or skewing the results.  But the NBA can't wash theor own hands of this.  They literally have the gambling sites advertising on the sport.  I mean what do they expect to happen if they are pushing the agenda?

[danherbias07]

I've read this news from a friend who sent me the link, two days ago if I remember it right. I was shocked that someone will have the guts to do it and we all know it is a violation. Even non-basketball player knows that and even the fans.

I don't know if that guy even tried to read his contract or the NBA rules and even if he didn't, that information is widely known.
Anyway, I think this is a better punishment to tell everyone in the NBA that violating that rule will have a severe punishment so that they won't even think about doing it.
They are earning millions of dollars for entertainment, don't let it go to waste with just gambling a bit of money and doing crazy shit.
It's sad that he had to work his way up and just fell down in a blink of an eye because of his foolishness.

[Slow death]

In my opinion, this is the type of case in which a person has a job but is not satisfied with the salary he earns in that job because he is looking at the high salaries that other players earn while he earns little in his view. I say this because of what I saw in this article:

Jontay Porter career earnings


Porter's exact salary for the 2023-24 season is unknown since he was not under contract for the entire year. Prior to this season, Spotrac lists Porter's career NBA earnings as $2,397,933, all earned during his time with the Grizzlies.

source: https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nba/news/raptors-jontay-porter-stats-contract-nba-ban-sports-betting/06bc1206b966c87ca217007e

when people get involved in gambling, it is because they want to make quick profits in most cases, so in this player's case, he saw gambling as being the only way to make a lot of money since in basketball the His winnings were small compared to many basketball players and I believe he knew very well that it was not correct to keep betting because he is a player. So he keeps betting because in his mind, he could win a lot of money, unlike his earnings in basketball. the problem with this wrong way of thinking, that one must make a lot of money quickly and that the person does not take the time to think and analyze very carefully the seriousness of the situation

see that now the guy will be left without a salary and without playing basketball, it has destroyed his entire future. when he could have been earning his salary (a lot or a little) and would have had a chance of one day earning a very high salary, but now that he has been banned he has lost all chance, and will probably get a job that will pay him a salary much lower than the salary he he received it when he played basketball. at the end of the day he made the worst choice, which one day he will regret

[STT]

I know of similar criminal offences because it is criminal fraud to act that way but they have been taken back into the sport in a time below 10 years it might have been five even.   I dont think lifetime is the best option, getting caught at all is already as much deterrent as it can be.  I think ironically its better to reform people and let them back into playing in a cautionary way so they put their failure behind them and move on.

Its definitely a corrupting influence far too widespread, its not just the player but the entire chain of people hoping to benefit from corruption in this way.

[freedomgo]

Jontay Porter is a professional, he sign a contract and I'm sure he is well aware of the rules.

The punishment is brutal but I think he deserve it because if that is tolerated with light punishment, it will be the reputation of the NBA that will be both put at risk. This news would somehow help the NBA clean their reputation as there are still rumors spreading that NBA is rigged, and now that they make a strong statement through big punishment, people will think they are serious in cleaning the league to make it transparent.

I saw in an article that he made only $20k + from his betting activities but his NBA contract was $2M +... that's a huge waste of opportunity, so where is he going now?

[rodskee]

The punishment is appropriate definitely, when he decided to cheat the bookmakers, he also cheated many gamblers who bet on his games.

The league also determined that Porter placed at least 13 bets on NBA games using someone else's betting account. The bets ranged from $15 to $22,000; the total wagered was $54,094 and generated a payout of $76,059, or net winnings of $21,965.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/nba-bans-jontay-porter-after-gambling-probe-shows-he-shared-information-bet-on-games

I just find it very strange that someone is risking their future and much higher earnings for this little money. He must have known that something like this was forbidden and that there would be consequences, maybe he didn't believe that the consequences would be this big, but it seems that he will serve as an example to all other athletes who cheat.

and also for this to be a warning to every sports person from basketball to any type of sports
to never violate or disclose information that should not be broadcasted by any chance.

this has been an issue for some time now and the problem is that there are still  doing this so
banning for me is not enough instead they must be in jail for at least short time for this.

[joeperry]

That's really sad to hear, I got surprised by that actually. It's really hard to be part of that league and many players would consider themselves lucky if they get into any team but he is just less than 5 years in the league and managed to do something like this. Maybe the salary wasn't enough of him and try to look for some loopholes to get more money.

If I am not mistaken and if the source were true, they said that sometimes he bets that his team would lose, just imagine that. That's really sad.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Well, oldest trick in the book, insider betting.
This guy is more than stupid risking his whole career over this. With the right improvements to his game and some time development he could have had a NBA like his brother does, and he throws it away for a compared small pay day. 

Funny thing, in the scam accusations here we had one guy who made bets on Jontay Porter's lines at stake ( on the first game that was flagged), 4 digit bets, like 7k and so on. Stake didn't pay him because it was under investigation so he made a thread about it here.
Back then, some months ago, I was also laughing at stake because even I said how hard it is to fix NBA games and this "investigation is bullshxt, well I have been corrected I guess, haha.

[Die_empty]

Do you guys think the punishment fits the crime? He broke all sorts of ethical rules and I believe he deserves the punishment he got.

Although I feel sorry for him because his behavior might be a result of gambling addiction or influence from external sources I think the punishment is appropriate. Such actions can undermine the game and scare always investors. If these actions become rampant many fans will begin to lose interest in the NBA. So this harsh sanction is an indication that such actions are not tolerated in the NBA.

Jontay Porter worked hard most of his whole life to get into the NBA. He can never get it back and has many years left to try to beat back the sadness of having his happy dream explode into a nightmare. It's his fault and he deserves the tough punishment.

Greed is the cause of his sudden downfall. I wonder how a player who earns thousands of dollars that can make him live a comfortable life will still want to undermine the games to cheat the system. He is still young and would have made so much money from sports, but now he has been banned he would go to seek other means of earning to provide for himself and his family. All his years of training and hard work had gone down the drain.

[davis196]

This Jontay Porter guy doesn't seem very smart. He got what he deserved, but the problem is that many players are doing the same thing he did.
I'm 100% sure about this. He was just the first guy, who got caught. Maybe he wasn't cautious enough, I guess.
Many people might not agree with me, but I think that sports betting is slowly ruining all sports. Everything is a business now. Everything is about money. What happened to the passion for the game? Banning sports betting won't solve the problem. The sports betting industry is too big to fail nowadays.

[blckhawk]

What did dude expect when he did this shit? Get away with it? He's not on Ja Morant's level of basketball so he's not really allowed to do this kind of stupid thing, it's a sad thing though that he's going to go away for good just for this kind of thing, I guess that's why it's not a good idea to be gambling when you're a player in any kind of sports, you risk getting this kind of thing and you end up missing out on the money that you could be earning if you weren't banned. I hope that they appeal it to lower it to a less severe ban though.

[Japinat]

This Jontay Porter guy doesn't seem very smart. He got what he deserved, but the problem is that many players are doing the same thing he did.
I'm 100% sure about this. He was just the first guy, who got caught. Maybe he wasn't cautious enough, I guess.
Many people might not agree with me, but I think that sports betting is slowly ruining all sports. Everything is a business now. Everything is about money. What happened to the passion for the game? Banning sports betting won't solve the problem. The sports betting industry is too big to fail nowadays.

The amount stated during the investigation might be undervalued, we might not know that this guy is already making millions with syndicates but he was only link to his bets. One can give an information to anyone without connecting his name. He earn millions but made a bad decision for less than $100k, that was the report I read, but there could be more that wasn't uncover, who knows.

All I can say is that he isn't smart because he got caught, and because of that he losses the opportunity to get some inside information and most importantly bet against himself which is a sure win.

[Assface16678]

Well, that proves that fixing matches is happening in any sport that can be in sports betting. That's also the reason why the referees in the NBA are being too strict or biassed towards the other team. Just maybe this one NBA player is not the only one that is doing this kind of thing; maybe in some other way, a staff or NBA player is doing things in order to manipulate the result of the matches so that the result in the sports betting will also be changed. Such a waste of a career. Just because of greed, he doesn't have a career that brings him money. The crime he commits is so heavy because, sports aside, it is very wrong to make public or share the information of certain players; it is confidential. Now this may be the start where the authority could investigate and catch more wrongdoers, but the worst is that the authority might be involved.

[Taskford]

This Jontay Porter guy doesn't seem very smart. He got what he deserved, but the problem is that many players are doing the same thing he did.
I'm 100% sure about this. He was just the first guy, who got caught. Maybe he wasn't cautious enough, I guess.
Many people might not agree with me, but I think that sports betting is slowly ruining all sports. Everything is a business now. Everything is about money. What happened to the passion for the game? Banning sports betting won't solve the problem. The sports betting industry is too big to fail nowadays.

The amount stated during the investigation might be undervalued, we might not know that this guy is already making millions with syndicates but he was only link to his bets. One can give an information to anyone without connecting his name. He earn millions but made a bad decision for less than $100k, that was the report I read, but there could be more that wasn't uncover, who knows.

All I can say is that he isn't smart because he got caught, and because of that he losses the opportunity to get some inside information and most importantly bet against himself which is a sure win.

I don't think so the guy is not superstar on the team and he can bring big changes on the result since there are other guy that can contribute big numbers than him. The only problem with him is he violate the rules of NBA which cause him to get a severe result.

Figures seems convincing and maybe he do this regularly especially if he know the team they are facing are more stronger than them. This is prime example that other player should not follow what he do since same as Porter they would just waste their career and millions of earnings for that mistake he made.
That's not really a smart move and decision since for what action he did it cost his future and now for sure he might struggle to find a team that give him big paychecks.

[yazher]

The restriction will definitely affect his well being, like wtf a lifetime ban for violating rules and not just common rules but real and standard rules, the act carried out by Jontay is cheating from my opinion, what was his impression aside the profit involve cause this is strange. Sometimes people should avoid making expensive mistake that can ruin their career or business within seconds.  Everything with an advantage must have a disavantage and consequences but he would have thought twice before making negative decisions just for gain. Lessons learnt and I'm sure people will learn from his mistakes as well

This will be a lesson for players who want to be involved in this kind of foolish act and they need to think twice about which career they want because when going to the NBA, they need to follow the rules and avoid anything that can ruin their career. If they want anything else, then at first they really need to consider quitting their profession so that they can give room to others that are willing to play for the team and want to inspire others with their games, not those who want to cheat and make their way to the top.

[AbuBhakar]

What I found dumb on news is why the hell did Jontay Porter KYC his sportsbook account while he can use a crypto casino to remove tracks of his fiat transaction and use friends ID that is not related to him to place bets.

The amount of money he can earn from his whole career is much higher compared to the amount he won with this dumb sports betting that involves his own team. He just throw away his career that many players dream to be on his place. Sucks story just because he place bets.

[Su-asa]

So he sold he reputation and career for a mere $80K cashout bet when he was getting a lot more from the NBA. It is my belief that all of these players usually sign legal docs that effectively limits them from disclosing such information and that punishment, imo fits the crime really well. By disclosing such information, he gave his friend an unfair advantage in the game. The punishment is very harsh but if it mild, a lot of players will want to do it too especially if all they can get is a slap on the wrist.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

This is a sign of addiction, infact at the time he was cashing out the 80k$ he might not be thinking straight. One have to keep the rules on anything he's doing on sports rules are ment to be maintained so that the games will be performed correctly. Just as football is planning to bring up new cards and another rules too. From the start, 80k$ is not much for one who's receiving more that 100k$, now he is not permitted to perform in the NBA again (so sad) but he deserves it.

[Russlenat]

What I found dumb on news is why the hell did Jontay Porter KYC his sportsbook account while he can use a crypto casino to remove tracks of his fiat transaction and use friends ID that is not related to him to place bets.

The amount of money he can earn from his whole career is much higher compared to the amount he won with this dumb sports betting that involves his own team. He just throw away his career that many players dream to be on his place. Sucks story just because he place bets.

He was probably not aware that there's crypto sportsbook that accepts high wagers, so he choose a KYC one to gamble. Actually, it's not illegal to gamble as long as you don't be on yousrelf or your team, but he was careless and give a sign that he was really violating the rules and that triggers the investigation.

The amount involved isn't that big, he will not go to jail but his punishment is worst than going to jail as it's his career that is over because of that, not only that, he was already banned in playing in the NBA. This is a lessoned learn for other NBA players, to those who are planning to do it or have been doing already but not yet caught, now is the time to stop and be honest.