NBA hits Raptors’ Jontay Porter with lifetime ban for violating gambling rules

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The NBA has banned Toronto two-way player Jontay Porter after a league investigation concluded that he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games.

The league said in a statement on Wednesday that an investigation found that Porter disclosed confidential information about his own health status to an individual he knew to be an NBA bettor ahead of a 20 March game against the Sacramento Kings. Another individual Porter also knew to be an NBA bettor then placed an $80,000 parlay proposition bet with an online sports book to win $1.1m, wagering that Porter would underperform in the game, the league said.