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Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter may face a total ban from the NBA for his betting scandal.

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The Jontay Porter scandal may end with the gravest of consequences as the Toronto Raptors player is faced with harsh sanctions.

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According to Tim Bontemps of ESPN, Adam Silver, the NBA's commissioner, stated that Porter may be "banished" from the league for committing the "cardinal sin." He also stated that an investigation into Porter started, but he refused to elaborate further.

"I have enormous range of discipline available to me. It's cardinal sin what he's accused of in the NBA. The ultimate extreme option I have is to ban him from the game. That's the level of authority I have here because there's nothing more serious," Silver said to the Associated Press.

On March 26, Porter was implicated in a prop betting scandal. A "prop bet" is thought to encompass actions that do not have an impact on the outcome of a match that can either happen or not happen.

Regarding Porter, unusual fluctuations in prop bets on the player were observed on January 26th's game vs. Los Angeles Clippers and March 20th's matchup vs. Sacramento Kings.

Multiple bookmakers have noticed increased and unusual betting activity regarding bets on Porter's individual numbers during games.According to David Pardum from ESPN, bets upwards of $10,000 and $20,000 were attempted to be placed on Porter's under for the game against the Clippers in January.

While the usual limits for such bets are around $1000 or $2000, Wojnarowski notes, an increased number of large bets were coming in on Porter's props during both matchups.

As a result, the big man was temporarily suspended but may be facing even more severe sanctions if it is decided for sure that he is implicated in the matter.

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