Defendants charged in Jontay Porter game rigging scheme leave court
admitted Wednesday to tipping off gamblers to games he purposely was going to rig — and earning them $1 million — in an effort to clear his own gambling debt.
Porter, who had racked up huge gambling debts, tipped off the group at the beginning of the year and was encouraged to clear those debts by botching performances in order for his co-conspirators’ bets to hit, prosecutors said. Porter then ran a similar stunt during the March 20 game against the Sacramento Kings, only this time he was going to claim that he was allegedly too sick and had to leave the game early.Porter playing in a March 20 game against the Kings where he faked an illness as part of the scheme.
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