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How stupid are you to be John Tay Porter, who has been banned from the league

after an investigation disclosed that he had bet on

MBA games and also disclosed his availability for MBA games.

Here's what the commissioner of the NBA said.

There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of

NBA competition for our fans, our teams,

and everyone associated with our sport,

which is why John Tay Porter's blatant

violations of our game rules are being met with the most severe punishment.

So what did the investigation find? Well it involved one game against the

Sacramento Kings.

That's right, Porter revealed information about his own health ahead of that game.

Another better privy to the information placed an $80,000 same game parlay bet that featured under on Porter statistics which would win 1.1 million.

So here's what the bottom line was.

Porter, according to the investigation, million. So here's what the bottom line was.

Porter, according to the investigation, placed at least 13 bets on MBA games.

The bets range from $15,000 to $22,000, totaling 54,000 plus according to the league.

The NBA said the total payout from those bets

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