[Shams] Jontay Porter receives NBA lifetime ban

WhatsaTDot · Post #201 » by **WhatsaTDot** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:26 pm

Time to learn Mandarin.

Zeno · Post #202 » by **Zeno** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:30 pm

Dr Positivity wrote:This guy's plan was soooooo bad. He needed to just stick to missing shots on purpose or "accidentally" fouling a shooter in a close game or something and getting marginal odds advantage. It doesn't guarantee a win like taking yourself out of the game, but it would be so much harder to figure out.

It really bugs me that people are using them catching him as some kind of endorsement of legalized gambling’s ability to catch people. He might as well have taken out an Ad talking about his gambling.

alpngso · Post #203 » by **alpngso** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:32 pm

C_Money wrote:
alpngso wrote:who wouldn’t bet on the team to lose if they are in the midst of 15 game losing streak.

hopefully he finds success in other leagues. i know he thought of retiring at once.

or he could just have his brother MPJ to fund and run a betting site himself

Hopefully not. Who the hell would even sign a guy like this?

Pretty sure he can play in Asia if he wants to. Former tall NBA guy? ppl will line up to sign him

visionquest · Post #204 » by **visionquest** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:33 pm

Now he can freely place bets on the Nuggets

WhatsaTDot · Post #205 » by **WhatsaTDot** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:38 pm

visionquest wrote:Now he can freely place bets on the Nuggets

Silver lining so to speak.

Scase · Post #206 » by **Scase** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:41 pm

C_Money wrote:
alpngso wrote:who wouldn’t bet on the team to lose if they are in the midst of 15 game losing streak.

hopefully he finds success in other leagues. i know he thought of retiring at once.

or he could just have his brother MPJ to fund and run a betting site himself

Hopefully not. Who the hell would even sign a guy like this?

Is there sports betting in China?

ontnut · Post #207 » by **ontnut** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:45 pm

Jadoogar wrote:
dagger wrote:
Jeremy Lin 7 wrote:You can beat your wife but you can't bet on yourself

Great job Adam Silver

There is nothing wrong as I see it on an athlete betting on other sport

I would argue even this is wrong. These guys have way more access to information than the average person. They would know about injuries etc through friends or agents. It's essentially the same as insider trading.

So you're saying businessmen can't trade stocks of other businesses because they have more access to information? I dno if that's the way the world works.

I don't think there's much wrong with a NBA player betting on boxing...or the NHL....

alpngso · Post #208 » by **alpngso** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:56 pm

Scase wrote:
C_Money wrote:
alpngso wrote:who wouldn’t bet on the team to lose if they are in the midst of 15 game losing streak.

hopefully he finds success in other leagues. i know he thought of retiring at once.

or he could just have his brother MPJ to fund and run a betting site himself

Hopefully not. Who the hell would even sign a guy like this?

Is there sports betting in China?

no you rot in jail for match fixing. hopefully he learned from this and doesn’t bet on a match or the sport he plays next time. can’t be that stupid right?

carlosey · Post #209 » by **carlosey** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:27 pm

Young people being addicted to crypto investing and gambling has reached a new level here.

PushDaRock · Post #210 » by **PushDaRock** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:28 pm

Dr Positivity wrote:This guy's plan was soooooo bad. He needed to just stick to missing shots on purpose or "accidentally" fouling a shooter in a close game or something and getting marginal odds advantage. It doesn't guarantee a win like taking yourself out of the game, but it would be so much harder to figure out.

Sophisticated cheating would be very difficult to catch, but that's why it's considered sophisticated. People that actually cheat tend to be very bad at it. Someone that's doing this in the first thing is extremely greedy, they're not going to leave things up to chance and that's why they get caught.

Raptorfan2012 · Post #211 » by **Raptorfan2012** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:30 pm

WhatsaTDot wrote:Time to learn Mandarin.

Just stay away from Macau.

Scase · Post #212 » by **Scase** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:37 pm

alpngso wrote:
Scase wrote:
C_Money wrote:
Hopefully not. Who the hell would even sign a guy like this?

Is there sports betting in China?

no you rot in jail for match fixing. hopefully he learned from this and doesn’t bet on a match or the sport he plays next time. can’t be that stupid right?

You would think that in the first place, yet here we are :lol:

WhatsaTDot · Post #213 » by **WhatsaTDot** » Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:56 pm

Raptorfan2012 wrote:
WhatsaTDot wrote:Time to learn Mandarin.

Just stay away from Macau.

Jay240 · Post #214 » by **Jay240** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:01 am

On the bright side for Jontay, since he's no longer employed by the NBA he can legally partake in his favorite pastime....

Spoiler:

Agimat · Post #215 » by **Agimat** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:05 am

The regret he's experiencing at present!

Raps in 4 · Post #216 » by **Raps in 4** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:07 am

carlosey wrote:Young people being addicted to crypto investing and gambling has reached a new level here.

It's amazing how much gambling has infiltrated society.

It's everywhere. Kids are also exposed to gambling via loot boxes in video games. Sports games are especially egregious in this regard. If you want the best players for your team, you're going to be spending hundreds/thousands of dollars to acquire them via "games of chance" (you open packs that have a miniscule chance of containing the player you want), and then you're going to do it again the following year when the new game comes out. All mobile games are structured this way, too. Kids get exposed to mobile games when they get their first phone or tablet (which tends to be a very young age these days). This **** needs to be made illegal (Belgium and the Netherlands have banned loot box mechanics in games, but most countries don't care).

xAIRNESSx · Post #217 » by **xAIRNESSx** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:19 am

alpngso wrote:who wouldn’t bet on the team to lose if they are in the midst of 15 game losing streak.

hopefully he finds success in other leagues. i know he thought of retiring at once.

or he could just have his brother MPJ to fund and run a betting site himself

You would think an NBA player that doesn’t want to get banned from the league.

orbesnet · Post #218 » by **orbesnet** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:15 am

Now that's how you tank.

Childs · Post #219 » by **Childs** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:40 am

Raps in 4 wrote:
carlosey wrote:Young people being addicted to crypto investing and gambling has reached a new level here.

It's amazing how much gambling has infiltrated society.

It's everywhere. Kids are also exposed to gambling via loot boxes in video games. Sports games are especially egregious in this regard. If you want the best players for your team, you're going to be spending hundreds/thousands of dollars to acquire them via "games of chance" (you open packs that have a miniscule chance of containing the player you want), and then you're going to do it again the following year when the new game comes out. All mobile games are structured this way, too. Kids get exposed to mobile games when they get their first phone or tablet (which tends to be a very young age these days). This **** needs to be made illegal (Belgium and the Netherlands have banned loot box mechanics in games, but most countries don't care).

Gambling was always there for kids. Growing up in my time, kids were gambling with Pogs, Crazy Bones, and Pokemon cards. Rampant as hell.

DelAbbot · Post #220 » by **DelAbbot** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:57 am

ontnut wrote:
Jadoogar wrote:
dagger wrote:
There is nothing wrong as I see it on an athlete betting on other sport

I would argue even this is wrong. These guys have way more access to information than the average person. They would know about injuries etc through friends or agents. It's essentially the same as insider trading.

So you're saying businessmen can't trade stocks of other businesses because they have more access to information? I dno if that's the way the world works.

I don't think there's much wrong with a NBA player betting on boxing...or the NHL....

https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/politician/Nancy%20Pelosi-P000197

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shes-genius-rfk-jr-jokingly-122500889.html