Raptors' Jontay Porter Being Investigated on Irregularities on Prop Betting

[jwinfield]

At issue are prop bets involving Porter from games on Jan. 26 and March 20, multiple sources told ESPN. The NBA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In the game on Jan. 26 against the LA Clippers, there was increased betting interest on the under for Porter props, which for the night were set at 5.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists. There was also an over/under for Porter's made 3-pointers, which was 0.5.

That night, Porter played just four minutes before leaving the game due to what the Raptors said was a re-aggravation of an eye injury he'd suffered four days earlier in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies. He did not score in the game against the Clippers, had three rebounds and one assist, and did not attempt a 3, meaning the under hit on all of the props.

 

[Big Boss]

Uh oh

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

 

[Trojan 24]

Small sacrifice for Shohei

 

[CantStop]

what's even worse is that dude bet the under

 

[jwinfield]

If you read about what he's accused off, it's obvious that he did that shyt

Picked his bum ass up for that game in fantasy against the Suns because he had a streak going and a lot of my guys were hurt.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

He's friends with Shohei Ohtani

 

[Controversy]

These athletes are truly imbeciles

 

[neph27]

This shyt is super prevalent in soccer. I watch tons of the various European leagues and there are many, well known players who have gotten caught up in stuff like this. All around the globe

Seeing how prevalent it is there I kinda realized the other day that I was shocked people here weren't getting caught as much.

I think going forward we are going to see a lot of this in American sports

 

[Professor Emeritus]

The very fact that people are even allowed to bet on any player's individual stats was basically asking for some shyt like this to happen. Bet it happens a lot more often than this in small $ amounts that escape notice.

 

[MushroomX]

Should've had a French Interpreter.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

The league is in bed with all of these companies. Can’t watch a game or sports show without betting plastered all over. They have no one to blame but themselves.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Who could have seen this coming?

 

[Youngdev]

I seen someone say that someone put 500k on the under

Damn

That's to much.

Greed

10k he mighta been alright

 

[GoldenGlove]

The betting element didn't cross my mind when I saw this play a few weeks...



I haven't looked up what his over/under for points were in this game but, stuff like this is suspect and I image over the years players will start looking at teammates funny because some of the stuff they are pulling in these games do not make basketball sense