Knowledgeable bettor positioned 30 wagers totaling $13,759 on Terry Rozier prop guess unders earlier than a March 2023 Charlotte Hornets recreation, in keeping with paperwork obtained by ESPN. All bets received after Rozier exited the sport after 10 minutes citing a foot harm.
The betting exercise occurred at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi, Mississippi on March 23, 2023, earlier than the Hornets-Pelicans matchup. The bettor positioned wagers on below totals for Rozier’s factors, rebounds, and assists, with the biggest single guess reaching $2,700 on below 5.5 rebounds.
At the very least six sportsbooks throughout a number of states detected suspicious betting patterns on Rozier props that day. The majority of bizarre exercise occurred in Louisiana and Mississippi, in keeping with sources accustomed to a U.S. Integrity monitoring report.
The NBA investigated the betting irregularities in 2023 and located no league rule violations. Nonetheless, Rozier stays below federal investigation by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Japanese District of New York, although he has not been charged with wrongdoing.
U.S. Integrity issued a nationwide alert about “Suspicious Wagering Terry Rozier NBA Participant Props” at 2:24 p.m. on recreation day. Most main sportsbooks halted betting on Rozier props inside an hour of the alert.
The investigation connects to the identical federal probe that resulted in former Toronto Raptors heart Jontay Porter’s NBA ban. Some betting accounts that wagered on Porter additionally positioned bets on Rozier props, in keeping with playing trade sources.
Rozier’s legal professional Jim Trusty stated his shopper isn’t a goal of the continuing investigation. Trusty famous that Rozier met with NBA and FBI officers a number of instances in 2023, with the preliminary investigation clearing him of wrongdoing.
“It is unlucky that he is a giant identify in sports activities and is having to endure all this,” Trusty advised ESPN. “My hope and expectation is that in some unspecified time in the future that they will be achieved with their investigation and can be skilled sufficient to tell us that it is one hundred pc over.”
Rozier completed the sport with 5 factors, 4 rebounds and a pair of assists, all below the betting traces. He didn’t play the rest of the season and was traded to the Miami Warmth in January 2024.
