Ontario Relocate To Suspend PointsBet for 5 Days For Suspicious Jontay Porter Bets Sports wagering operator PointsBet is dealing with a five-day suspension in Ontario for its handling of suspicious bets associated with the 2024 gambling scandal involving former NBA player Jontay Porter. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), which controls online sports betting in the province, revealed on Thursday that it issued a Notification of Proposed Order, which gets rid of PointsBet Canada's iGaming registration for that period. - Regulators say PointsBet didn't report suspicious betting activity when Porter was controling games. - The operator has 15 days to appeal the suspension. - This is PointsBet Canada's 3rd offense in Ontario. The former Toronto Raptors player assisted a group of bettors defraud sportsbooks when he consented to manipulate his playing time so his under gamer prop bets would strike in 2024, earning him a life time restriction from the league and an upcoming jail sentence. The AGCO claims that the Australian-based sports betting operator failed to report suspicious wagering patterns that might have identified the gambling scheme. "The timely recognition and reporting of such problems alert sports leagues, stability displays, regulators and law enforcement of prospective stability concerns," the AGCO said in a release. "It likewise signals video gaming operators throughout the world, which allows them to take needed steps to protect their customers from bets lacking stability." PointsBet has 15 days to appeal the suspension to the License Appeal Tribunal, which acts separately of the AGCO. "PointsBet Canada is disappointed by the AGCO's decision to propose a five-day suspension of our operator registration," a PointsBet Canada spokesperson stated in a declaration to Covers.