Jontay Porter
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Oct 26, 2026
Danny FuntHOST
The Raptors versus the Sacramento Kings.
Danny FuntHOST
Number 34, Jontay Porter, is playing for the Raptors.
Danny FuntHOST
Less than two months earlier, Porter had used an old eye injury as cover to leave a game early.
Danny FuntHOST
When he did that, a group of gamblers in the U.S. won tens of thousands of dollars from bets placed with inside information he'd given them.
Anthony MiltonGUEST
They gathered in the Resorts Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City, which had a kind of affiliation
Danny FuntHOST
with DraftKings.
Danny FuntHOST
This is Anthony Milton, the Toronto journalist who's been helping us piece together how Jontay Porter went from playing games to fixing them.
Anthony MiltonGUEST
And we know that they were there and that they were eating fries and Coke because they took a selfie of themselves all sitting together at that table.
Baker MachadoHOST
The same rules come to the WNBA next season as well.
Baker MachadoHOST
Now, the timing isn't a coincidence, as former Raptors forward Jontay Porter was banned for life in 2024 and pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud conspiracy charge.
Baker MachadoHOST
And former Heat guard Terry Rozier is among the players caught up in a federal gambling investigation.
Baker MachadoHOST
He's maintained his innocence.
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Conchar saves.
Danny FuntHOST
It's 2021, Jontay Porter's first year with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Danny FuntHOST
And from the start, life in the NBA is a struggle.
Anthony MiltonGUEST
As far as the basketball career is concerned, I think things are not going the way he wanted them to.
Danny FuntHOST
But off the court, there's another pressure on Jante.
Anthony MiltonGUEST
His income, the revenue side of the whole thing, took a big plunge.
Danny FuntHOST
When Jontay Porter signed with the Grizzlies back in 2020, it was for nearly $6 million over three years.
Danny FuntHOST
But that contract wasn't fully guaranteed, meaning that when they dropped him early, he lost out on millions.
Rob ParkerHOST
Right?
Rob GPANELIST
Jontay Porter.
Rob ParkerHOST
Jontay Porter.
Kerry RhodesHOST
It was a Porter, yeah.
Rob ParkerHOST
Okay.
Kerry RhodesHOST
[laughs] No, I know, Rob.
Kerry RhodesHOST
It's, um, those micro bets are crazy.
Kerry RhodesHOST
And, and it also, it, what it does, it's just the frequency that you're putting money on something actually gets increased with all those opportunities, right? And so the, what you talked about with Jontay Porter, the red flag of that, him not being a guy that's a normal rotation guy, for somebody to put that type of money on that situation is just, it's cr- it's crazy anyway.
speaker_0NARRATOR
But that wasn't supposed to include the players themselves.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Raptors forward, Jontay Porter, is under NBA investigation.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Athletes are the perfect gamblers.
speaker_4ADVERTISER
Understood: The Big Bet, available now on Spotify.
6 MINS LATER
speaker_2ADVERTISER
Make every moment more with FanDuel.
speaker_0NARRATOR
But that wasn't supposed to include the players themselves.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Raptors forward, Jontay Porter, is under NBA investigation.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Athletes are the perfect gamblers.
speaker_0NARRATOR
But that wasn't supposed to include the players themselves.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Raptors forward, Jontay Porter, is under NBA investigation.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Athletes are the perfect gamblers.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Understood: The Big Bet, available now on Spotify.
6 MINS LATER
speaker_2ADVERTISER
Make every moment more with FanDuel.
speaker_0NARRATOR
But that wasn't supposed to include the players themselves.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Raptors forward, Jontay Porter, is under NBA investigation.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Athletes are the perfect gamblers.
Mike KravchenkoHOST
But before this upcoming season, very excited, Knicks in a couple days, you know, against those Sixers.
Mike KravchenkoHOST
But before the season, the NBA sent a memo telling all the partner sportsbooks to stop offering specifically bet types that are easy to manipulate, more specifically things that were in the Jontay Porter, Jerry Rogier, m- meaning it's not reaching the prediction markets, unfortunately, of Kalshi and Polymarket, but these sportsbooks are to not offer player parlays that include an under on a single player's stats.
Mike KravchenkoHOST
So it's very specific, which is what's interesting.
Mike KravchenkoHOST
But this is the structure that was behind the Jontay Porter scheme.
Mike KravchenkoHOST
I mean, those...
Mike KravchenkoHOST
Betting your under is a really big thing.
Mike KravchenkoHOST
Like, they can change prop bets.
Mike KravchenkoHOST
Um, I think it's what's already gone.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
But that wasn't supposed to include the players themselves.
CristinaGUEST
Raptors forward, Jontay Porter, is under NBA investigation-
speaker_2ADVERTISER
Athletes are the perfect gamblers.
EnzoGUEST
Understood: The Big Bet, available now on Spotify.
speaker_0HOST
Starting in the twenty twenty-six twenty-seven season, the league and sports books like DraftKings and FanDuel are banning hyper-specific prop bets like parlays on a single player's unders, wagers on guys playing less than twelve minutes, or who wins the opening tip.
speaker_0HOST
This comes after Jontay Porter literally faked injuries to cash out his buddies, and Terry Rozier caught some heat of his own.
speaker_0HOST
Now, the NBA is mandating in-person gambling training for players because apparently don't throw the game for a FanDuel payout isn't common sense anymore.
speaker_0HOST
Oh, and they're applying these rules to the WNBA in twenty twenty-seven, just in case anyone out there is actually betting on the WNBA.
speaker_0NARRATOR
But that wasn't supposed to include the players themselves.
Zach ButtersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Raiders forward Jontay Porter is under NBA investigation.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Athletes are the perfect gamblers.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Understood: The Big Bet, available now on Spotify.
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