The NBA and several prominent U.S. sportsbooks have reached an agreement to prohibit specific categories of wagers for the current season, among them the player prop parlays that featured in recent gambling-related schemes, according to a report from a television news outlet.
Under a directive distributed to sportsbook partners, certain same-player statistical prop parlays — specifically those targeting the under — will no longer be available, a restriction tied to the type of wagers that appeared in federal proceedings involving NBA players Jontay Porter and Terry Rozier.
The league further instructed its official gaming partners — DraftKings and FanDuel, both absent from Nevada — along with Nevada-based authorized operators Caesars Sportsbook and BetMGM, to hold off on accepting wagers across any betting markets the NBA has flagged as posing concerns.
Betting options covered under the memo range from wagering on which team wins the opening tip-off to unders placed on athletes projected to log under 12 minutes of court time. NBA executive vice president Scott Kaufman-Ross indicated to a broadcast outlet that the league's approach sought to pull back on bet types viewed as problematic while avoiding a shift of that activity toward unlicensed operators — a balance he described as the outcome the league currently stands behind. Caesars Sportsbook, operating as a league partner, stated it worked alongside the NBA in developing the memo and has since withdrawn the bet types identified as falling outside acceptable boundaries.
In a written statement, DraftKings noted that its platform had already aligned with the NBA's newly introduced betting restrictions, with a company representative adding that the sportsbook intended to keep working alongside the league on measures designed to protect the integrity of play, including placing appropriate caps on certain wagering markets.
A Las Vegas-based sports bettor identified as Hennen entered a guilty plea in connection with a basketball wagering arrangement that also drew in Rozier — the NBA guard who now faces a criminal charge alleging he took payment in exchange for tipping off bettors that he planned to exit a 2023 Charlotte Hornets game under the pretense of an injury. Wagering records indicate that Hennen used that non-public knowledge to stake over $200,000 on Rozier falling short of his individual statistical prop lines across points, rebounds, and assists.
Federal prosecutors also alleged that Hennen placed wagers against Porter — a former Toronto Raptors player — on that player's individual statistical lines, among them a parlay of $80,000 tied to a 2024 contest that carried a potential return of $1.1 million before a sportsbook voided the bet. Separately, Kaufman-Ross noted that reviewing areas where past difficulties arose feeds into the process of identifying categories of activity that could draw scrutiny going forward.
A permanent ban from the NBA was handed down to Porter after league investigators determined he had exited two contests during the 2024 season at points that allowed under bets to cash.
