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Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter has been permanently banned from the NBA following allegations he engaged in illegal betting on basketball games. Porter, 24, “violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting his own participation in one or more games for betting purposes, and betting on NBA games,” the NBA announced Wednesday. According to its investigation, the league discovered Porter disclosed confidential information about his health status to a bettor, prior to the March 20 game against the Sacramento Kings, in which the Raptors lost. The betto…