Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter subject of an NBA investigation into irregularities on betting

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    It's always the ones you least suspect (because you've never heard of them)
     
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    You should have bet more.
     
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    Pardon my ignorance but what exactly is prop betting? How does it differ from ordinary betting?
     
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    In gambling, a "proposition bet" (prop bet, prop, novelty, or a side bet) is a bet made regarding the occurrence or non-occurrence during a game (usually a gambling game) of an event not directly affecting the game's final outcome.

    Proposition bets in sports are differentiated from the general bets for or against a particular team or regarding the total number of points scored. Traditionally, proposition bets can be made on outcomes such as the number of strikeouts a pitcher will accumulate in a baseball game, whether a non-offensive player will score in an American football game, which team will score the first points of the game,[1] the discipline record of teams in a match, the timing of certain events, the number of specific events per team or in the entire match, realistically any statistically discrete event contained in a match or game could be bet on.
     
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    They're big in the Superbowl, bets like how long will the National Anthem be? What color/flavor of Gatorade will be dumped on the winning coach?
     
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    ...whether or not there will be a wardrobe malfunction......
     
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    avoid Glacier Cherry gatorade, it tastes like a fruity mud puddle.
     
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    So, IOW, prop bets are what Blazers Broadcasting does before the start of every Trail Blazers game.
     
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    Would be shocked if he's the only one who has done this.

    This is the side effect of legalizing gambling that Silver shoulf have anticipated.
     
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    Can we please nickname him Prop Jo now?
     
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    I would argue that legalizing sports gambling has made things like this easier to find.
     
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    Is a lifetime ban too much? That’s what the MLB gave Pete Rose.
     
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    I'd have no problem with that.
     
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    The side effect of legalized gambling is that this stuff can be tracked and sniffed out. Prior, when all the bets were under the table, this stuff was happening, but bets weren't being compiled crossed bookies and ran through software to identify suspicious trends.

    There is no way to 100% prevent fraud, not just in sports betting, but in many aspects of life.
     
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