🚨 Emergency Finder POD: Sports betting guru Ben Fawkes reacts to the Jontay Porter news

Ben Fawkes

, formerly of ESPN and VSiN fame, joins me from Las Vegas. Fawkes helped run the gambling coverage at ESPN and VSiN before joining Substack. He knows a lot more about this space than I do.

We discuss the news of NBA player Jontay Porter being banned for life for betting on NBA games, disclosing confidential information and manipulating the integrity of the game.

Topics we hit:

• Was the lifetime ban surprising?

• How (un)sophisticated was Jontay Porter as a gambler?

• What the betting details reveal about Porter’s behavior?

• How do we reconcile the NBA’s findings with The Action Network’s report?

• Will this change anything?

• Do we have the legalization of sports betting to thank for rooting this out?

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