The NBA player explored the alleged manipulation of his playing performance to help with an illegal gambling scheme

Miami Heat The Terry Rozier player is currently under investigation by federal prosecutors on suspicion of illegal betting scheme, NBA confirmed Thursday.

Investigators work to determine whether Rozier manipulated his appearance in two games in March 2023, allegedly in a plot with Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter.

This is part of the same probe that brought to Business of a lifelong porter in July.

Porter’s ban came after a similar investigation into his performance and a “bet” – a bet where the bookmaker can choose whether a player will reach a particular statistical standard or not during the game. Last April, the NBA banned Porter for life after league testing revealed that he had discovered confidential information to sports bookmakers and gave himself at the games, even betting on his team to lose.

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AND Porter investigation It began after the league found out from “licensed operators for sports betting and organization that oversees legal betting markets” about the unusual gambling patterns surrounding Porter’s performance in the game of March 20, 2024. Against Sacramento.

The league found that Porter had given information about his own health before that game and said that another individual – who knows that NBA Betor – has put a bet in the amount of $ 80,000 that Porter will not hit the numbers set up for him in parliament through the Internet Sports book. That bet would win $ 1.1 million.

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Authorities believe that some of the people who arranged Porter to repair their appearance in two games last season had them within the information that encouraged them to bet the big sum of money against Rozier a year earlier.

Wall Street Journal first reported on the latest investigation, noting that Rozier – who played for Hornets on the date in question, and is now playing for Miami Heat – has not been charged with crime or charged with a crime.

NBA said she considered the question at the time and did not reveal that the league rules had been violated.

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“In March 2023. The NBA was alerted to an unusual betting activity related to Terry Rozier’s performance in the game between Charlotte and New Orleans,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement, first published in Wall Street Journal Press other points of sale on Associated. “The league conducted an investigation and did not find a violation of the NBA rules. We are now aware of the investigation of the American Lawyer for Eastern New York district regarding this issue and we have collaborated with that investigation.”

The game in which Rozier is at stake was played on March 2, 2023, the match between Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans. Rozier played the first 9 minutes, 36 seconds of that game – and not only did he not return that night, mentioning the issue of his feet, but no longer played that season. Charlotte was eight games left and was not in the playoffs, so it didn’t seem particularly unusual that Rozier was closed for the last games of the season.

In that match on March 2, March, Rozier finished five points, four rebounds and two assists during the opening period – a productive quarter, but significantly below the usual overall effect for complete game.

Fox News Digital addressed Miami Heat and Rosier’s comment representatives.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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