Amin Elhassan Breaks Down the Jontay Porter Betting Scandal | The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Amin is in the studio to discuss the Jontay Porter scandal with Dan and Greg Cote. The show continues to expand on the Shohei Ohtani scandal, and how betting scandals are being policed in a world where gambling is legal. Then, Tim Kurkjian joins the show in front of his fake background to continue the conversation about Shohei Ohtani. Also, he is starting a new podcast with his son, and Dan is very excited that he gets to share this time with his son the way he got to share Highly Questionable with Papi. Plus, Tim is really bad at technology and we bring out the Looks Like Game to make Tim giggle.
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[@pepelepew5736]

This betting scandal is brought to you by Draft Kings Sports Book, and Draft kings network.

[@swordfish0008]

If you have a gambling problem… Please call 1-800-you have destroyed your family…….

[@maseboog72]

Right???!!!🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️

[@frederickmaclean6198]

As a long time listener, first time viewer… having a daily entree of Greg Cote has been a delight!

[@LeBatardShow]

Welcome to the viewing experience.

[@jeremyvisser3877]

Greg is really having a career renaissance

[@ronmexico1652]

​@@jeremyvisser3877Crenaissance!

[@DannyDelBello-kn5gc]

It would be if Mike didn't dominate 75% of the conversation

[@TFP360]

Mike Ryan's transformation into a grumpy old man shaking his fist at clouds has certainly been an experience.

[@tommyt-tone9415]

Yep, "Get offa my podcast!"

[@johnofmalta]

I miss Mike Ryan.

[@markmittens]

What did he say that was wrong, he said it's being policed, I think too much focus is on the first shaking vs the substance or lack there of what they are actually saying.

[@DannyDelBello-kn5gc]

Mike actually thinks if those hugh prop bets on a random fringe NBA player were placed with an illegal bookmaker wouldn't end up a lot worse for these people

[@whsxc12]

This was a tough listen. Gambling is a highly addictive thing, and even if it’s more prevalent, not all of us gamble, or should be. Everyone in the sports media space has been bought out by a betting company so no there is no such thing as “no bias” anymore.

[@chrisf8283]

Dan struggles. Book smart maybe but it ends there abruptly.

[@johnofmalta]

I am willing to bet that any child born today who can avoid gambling and limit internet usage will potentially rule the world.

[@ronmexico1652]

Or even the idea that just because it is a recent thing in the US verses Europe makes it somehow ok. I don't like the idea of Europe being the moral integris for the US to model.

[@johancorrales6537]

Kurkjan is the fuckin goat. OG. We need him on the show as a baseball analyst

[@johnq.8167]

Kurkjian’s “ block / charge “ line was GANGSTER!! I’m stealing that… allegedly

[@tommyt-tone9415]

Great segment w/ Kurkjian.

[@tech-nomadic5218]

dan with another incredibly odd introduction "he's dealt with terrible awful things in his life and terrible sadness, and now he has a new podcast" lmao

[@mjmwise]

Great to see Tim back!

[@PastelitoPapi]

lol what I’ve begun to notice is Greg will just keep talking on the “HNO” 😂😂

[@aps5521]

Dan told him too because it’s better visually

[@pepelepew5736]

Amin’s dismissal of the personal gain for throwing a game or hitting a prop is crazy. “He could make a lot of money in 10 years”. Or just hear me out he could make it in one night without working. What’s more appealing to a lot of people.

[@DamianGshow]

I will never grow tired of Tim's laugh 😂

[@whowantstorunforpresident5531]

Fascinating, Dan. I wonder what happens when the "normalizing" of gambling in sports collides with the story of DraftKings' relationship witrh the Bulgarian mob and offshore money laundering.

[@andrewf.p.7691]

Great job guys. Salute 🫡

[@aronwest9949]

I had more enjoyment from hearing Tim Kurkjian receive 4 "looks like" than I have gotten from EVERY segment dedicated to the fake march sadness. BRING BACK LOOKS LIKE!!!

[@aps5521]

Makes you wonder if someone has just been lazy with the guest booking…although Dan mentioned Tim has been going through a lot

[@PaulVisionLee]

Udonis Haslem admitted (unintentionally) on his podcast that before his final game, he told his son to bet all of his Overs.

[@tripp2]

Dan, show some respect. If Tim Kurkjian says his son is a genius then he is a genius.

[@BGDutchNorris]

Crazy how many people come in the comments just to complain about a podcast/show they keep watching. Love the show today

[@eruc3ht]

oh Tim, you beautiful beautiful sweet soul.

[@giglz3887]

The sports betting segment was inherently flawed as the argument was “Europe has had this for decades, America is just catching up…” What that fails to acknowledge is the morality of sports gambling specifically has only been argued and debated even more as the years have gone on. The issue is largely centered on the advertising in a venue where children are not only present but welcomed in abundance. A recent survey has concluded that nearly 500,000 in England(close to 1% of population) are believed to have gambling addiction with another 1.8 million (3% of population) at risk. A different study from The Gambling Commission (the British gambling & casino regulator) said the number is as high as 2.5% & 3.8% respectively, though their methodology remains unclear. The root cause is credited at children being indoctrinated into gambling culture from a very young age. The Premier League for its part have announced that from 2026 onward all gambling sponsorship on the front of jersey (the big money visible one) will be banned with the potential of all gambling on jerseys banned in the future. The argument obviously is not should gambling be legal for adults. In that aspect America has been 20 years behind, but right now, Europe is grappling with whether to allow the gambling companies prey on the children. Currently the Premier and possibly more in the future are beginning to say no

[@cghodo]

Tim bragging about his son’s tech abilities because he tweeted a video, Tim’s the sweetest person on the planet

[@spivmajor472]

"Exit Velocity" Ayoooooooo.. No Diddy, that's CRAZY!!!!

[@kolbeyfreeman2380]

I don't give a damn about baseball but I'm subbing to anything Kurkjian is on. That man is a national treasure.

[@LouSeph]

It doesn’t make sense long term - we see people and corporations take short term cash grabs over long term sustainability and destroy themselves ALL the time.

[@user-yz4bo9xn1k]

I’ve watch sports my whole life and seen many atrocious calls that I know for sure was rigged by gambling

[@al99795]

This is the process working, but the game has already been played and the results aren't being retroactively relitigated

[@kevinadomitis4833]

How did they get so lucky to find juju ?? What a good guy

[@incaraids]

Refs might not be the best example ............*coughs* Donaghy *coughs*

[@jeffkotuby]

Dang, Tim got old fast. It makes me sad. I'm happy he gets to do a show with his son though. That's a really rare opportunity to bond over something you both love and get paid for it.

[@WorldB403]

Two people on this show seem to have a gambling problem (Stugotz and Mike). Is that a conflict of interest?

[@whsxc12]

They probably don’t think about the countless families who’s lives have been ruined by gambling addiction

[@jejbsh2191]

​@@whsxc12 not their fault or problem

[@whsxc12]

@@jejbsh2191just like it wasn’t big tobaccos fault people got lung cancer

[@kylesfootballchannel]

government housing and real social saftey nets and then we can have gambling problems.

[@stevelightcap1163]

Do they have a problem with gambling or do they want us to believe that. Ever think it's the character they are portraying. Never heard about gambling until their sponsor was DK

[@sffan10]

I know that they want to make a joke about their show being brought to you by DraftKings, but this is exactly the problem. There is nobody in sports media who can speak on this issue without bias. It’s all paid for by gambling.

[@craigboyd6600]

Unfortunately, I agree. It’s ALL connected. Mental gymnastics notwithstanding ✌🏾♥️

[@Wonga-Taa]

Don't care about baseball, but will ALWAYS listen when Tim Kurkjian is on with y'all! 😄

[@ramirorodriguez9671]

Make slam dunks also 3 points.

[@samrobinson7726]

It’s a problem. Gambling is going to be a huge problem for all sports. More and worse scandals coming

[@Bloodyknukelzz]

We desperately need to looks like game back.

[@cenassiri]

I’ve been watching Timmy K. for a long time and his passion and heart shine through every time, year after year. What a gem.

[@tommyt-tone9415]

That's pretty astute, Kurkjian. Perceptive take since the athletes that are able to reach that top 1% tend to have such a compulsive focus and discipline that they don't make the best social interacting types. Distractions mess with that focus and you cna underperform, which can drive perfectionists batty.

[@ghostfaceace7169]

Amin is wrong saying that players and refs aren't incentivized to gamble. Addiction makes people do crazy things and who wants to work 20 years when you can make millions up front and retire early.

[@imightbebiased9311]

Especially when someone slick is the one making you the pitch and telling you that people do this all the time and nobody ever gets caught. You know Murray could have played on that ankle the other day. But he decided to play it safe and now I'm $500k richer. Who's gonna look at an over/under of 2? You wanna live on league minimum?

[@newmie]

Dan doesnt listen, not Tim's Grandson but his son. Tim corrected him numerous times but still Grandson

[@hpflashman3328]

Sports books always expose irregular betting volume, which is the key to exposing points shaving rings. The novelty of this episode has inflated its prominence. Once players and their support system understand there is no way to participate in rigging games / point shaving without being exposed the problem will diminish. There will be one-offs into the future (like fixing opening round matches of minor tennis tournaments) but there isn't longterm danger of constant point shaving / rigging games in the 4 major professional sports.

[@Lunchboxh3ad]

Players don’t have to be in on the take for this to be a problem.

[@IrishWeegee]

[0:00-12:34] Jontay Porter allegations [12:35-19:06] Tim Kurkjian's podcast with his son [19:07-34:09] Shohei Ohtani scandal [34:10-39:10] Podcast teasers, Looks Likes Dan, Greg Cote & Amin in Studio, Billy EP JuJu, Mike, and Tony the Shipping Container

[@RGM-23]

“Allegedly”

[@LaCheeserie]

Does Amin know gambling scandals and violations have happened in European sports. It’s not a nothing burger just because gambling has been part of sports for years.

[@al99795]

teams have given up ENTIRE seasons and titles to betting, and that happens like yearly

[@imightbebiased9311]

Amin needs to look up Dan Tan. Dude was having things happen on the ground like, power lines to a stadium get cut with the underdog in the lead at halftime so the game result at half is counted as "valid" and his bets would get paid. This is NOT something to normalize. They are ahead of the curve, because they've had their blatant scandals, and now everything's much more cautious. There's a reason the UK is considered the money laundering capital of the world. Please, please, PLEASE do a deeper dig into European gambling scandals before brushing this crap under the rug and saying, "Oh, this is just it being policed."

[@pepelepew5736]

There needs to be a new show sound, similar to reckless speculation, called conflict of interest when talking about gambling controversies.

[@bigswank]

Greg Cote for Congress 🇺🇸(he’s of the appropriate age)

[@jmontgue6431]

You can have someone approach Jontay and say "Hey, I run a gambling ring. I have a couple dozen dudes across the country/world working with me. We all bet on your unders. You throw the games for the unders. My partners all take a small cut of their profits, kick back the rest to me. I take a larger share and then give you the largest share." Someone with a a very limited NBA shelf life making like the league minimum would take that all day if he thought he could get away with it.

[@deedisdone]

I really miss the "looks like game".

[@brianstones6234]

AC/DC can do the NBA theme song-"Big Balls" a underappreciated anthem!!!

[@b_hak]

It is sad the only way to watch my favorite sports content is through different sportbook productions.

[@nathanrupley]

When are they going to do anything about Scott Foster?

[@Kwame0007]

Never ..skin color helps!!

[@michaeldemarco2415]

DAN SHOUTING!!!

[@swordfish0008]

Greg Cote is pure GOLD…. Absolute Stallion…

[@BARMELOZANTHONY-bs3hg]

Bruh i need a break from mike. For the past week its been the mike Ryan show with mike ryan. He shits all over basketball as a whole because his basketball teams arent front and center rn and Dan couldnt even begin the segment without mike trampling him. I wish mike would take another big ass step back

[@stephenw3535]

Thought it was just me. He really needs to learn the art of picking his spots. Getting in and getting out. But he talks as though it’s his duty to continuously talk and have a strong take because it’s his show or something. I’ve even stopped listening at times when it’s one of those Mike segments… which is a lot lately cuz I really want to hear what others have to say but Mike won’t let anyone have space to talk when he’s on

[@latenite3931]

Bigger balls? How about smaller holes, I mean hoops...

[@jad937]

Dan says the most awkward things to his guests lol

[@jasonscott1933]

Where is Stugotz?

[@wiltedfour]

The head athletic trainer for the raptors leaked the information to handicappers

[@catherinewilliams9680]

The problem is that more players are getting caught because more players are openly betting. This is what was going to happen once the marriage of gambling and sports came about.

[@jeremiahw1369]

Certainly, not defending him isn't the sentiment I got from the excuse making speculation Tim was talking.

[@oaktree1626]

Dan is so hyperbolic. Calling this the biggest gambling scandal since the Black Sox. 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@jamessignorile7110]

So ridiculous.

[@EchoJ]

11:30 Nope. Just start playing defense again. Don’t need bigger, heavier balls or limits on 3-pointers Y’all coming up with solutions for something that shouldn’t even be a problem _if these players just played both sides of the game._

[@sixthorder]

No real player, with a contract of 10+ million a year coming to him will risk it. And the vast majority of players never will. But one or two dummies will have the media going crazy

[@dbfro1]

see there was this guy named Michael Jordan and he basically had to take a 2 year sabbatical because of alleged gambling issues

[@KNByam]

​@@dbfro1Alledge, don't conveniently leave out his father was murdered.

[@dbfro1]

that's...not relevant.@@KNByam

[@patrickcrippen880]

Calvin Ridley, Ohtani...2 absolute nobodies 🥴

[@SomeChink]

@@patrickcrippen880 in the grand scheme of things Calvin Ridley is basically nobody, when compared to Ohtani

[@JoeRogansGutBiome]

The man is a walking parlay

[@user-mb2yp6xh9w]

If we are fixing basketball can we have 3 In season tournaments Instead of one regular season It does the players only wanna play 60 games anyways so we can have 3 20 game tournaments

[@SP.007]

I still don't think he did anything. He's known to be injury prone, and The sites set the props. Why wouldn't high rollers, take the chance?

[@dslfjbhvcnlshdbxvljbdaslvbhs]

you can not make millions of dollars on jontay porter prop bets in one night. Draftkings would never take bets for enough money to make it worthwhile to jontay porter making 400,00 a year to start with a rich ass brother

[@user-vn7rk7gx1v]

They should investigate when james harden tried to block kawhi's shot.😅

[@ricardosalazar420]

The curveball man is on the show today!

[@skyser7323]

Put it on the poll When a 60+ year old says your a genius at technology, is it true?

[@danielbaity8571]

If NBA refs aren't involved in betting then they are just bad and most should be fired. The main problem I'm the NBA isn't the All-Star game, it's this horrible refs making themselves part of the game.

[@seang2907]

Amin knows basketball 🏀 🫡

[@eboooo]

Antoine

[@GO4MARCL]

goddam - this show has obviously gone downhill for some time now, but the hypocrisy here is through the roof. Just taking the gambling (blood) money and not even addressing it would be better than this. Even having them continue to keep faking that they like women's basketball would be better than this.

[@whsxc12]

Please gamble responsibly *extremely small font*

[@al99795]

I think Amin and JuJu and all of the women on the show do earnestly like women's basketball, its crazy that they talk about it more than like baseball or men's college though

[@FlowStateNewOrleans]

Kurkjian's sounds less like a pirate ship and more like a cruise ship.

[@ronmexico1652]

To me, it sounds more like an exotic port either ship would visit.

[@omlooper]

Does anyone else here believe, as I do, that sports gambling is just dumb? People making low information decisions, basically. Up to date injury reports. Last minute DNP coaches decision. Weather. Field conditions. An endless list, really. Even with that information it’s still just a coin toss. In fact, you might as well just bet on coin tosses. No Vig.

[@imightbebiased9311]

Internet Citizen, have you ever looked into the world of internet streamers gambling? A world where the entire outcome from start to finish is a black box that the user cannot see, and unlike slot machines in Vegas, there are no checks and balances to determine if the posted odds are validated. A world where people play poker online, and poker developers have knowingly put in cheats to let them see the cards of all other players at the table? I feel like an old man yelling about this stuff, but we really have gone way, way too far. It's not that we're nearing a tipping point. We're past the tipping point and we're gaining downward momentum.

[@chrisgillfillan1848]

Money says believe Shohei.

[@justinbeaver2981]

I never miss Stugotz

[@RockbandDrummer321]

Timmy!

[@toeskneees]

Tom kurkjian 😍😍

[@tellinitMYway]

Porter is not a big story, his unders were like 5 pts hes not influencing games, he should get kicked out as a message and they should move on.

[@Christian-eq6pq]

You think he's the only one? If he's just a microcosm, he alone may not be influencing the games but aggregated, it definitely does.

[@Mskedu47]

I was hoping Mike Ryan was gone

[@brucybabyy7355]

who,s eppie ?

[@JohnThomas-tb5kd]

Ohtani translator

[@Khanh.Nguyen369]

Get wheeled off like Paul Pierce

[@Kwame0007]

The elites be like : Oh we’re losing money ? He must be betting 😂 stop it man..biggest thieves ever

[@EchoJ]

4:25 Amin trying to inject rational thinking into behavior that’s largely an (irrational) addiction🤦🏾‍♀️

[@DJV7893]

Its remarkable how Dan continues to say with a straight face how gambling is infecting sports while being paid tens of millions of dollars by a gambling company. And he doubles down. I don't get it. Mike is right and Dan is just trying to be dramatic to weave a tale of flying to close to the sun with gambling and sports.

[@topdeck55]

Haven't seen LeBatard in a while, when did he start turning into Captain Lou Albano?

[@vpillai7]

lol Dan couldn't have been more wrong on this. you can't buy even a fringe NBA player. juice is no way near worth enough the squeeze for the player. Jontay is just an idiot. nothing more to see here.

[@kevinadomitis4833]

The h3 podcast of sports

[@shannonevans8426]

What happened to OTB? They were everywhere growing up. Sports gambling was illegal so long for many reasons.

[@LogicOverEverything]

The show sponsored by DraftKings is talking about what ppl will do to get money from DraftKings. At this point, we prolly DESERVE Trump fr smh

[@johntabor9362]

Dan is either not listening to what anyone is saying or being hyperbolic for clicks. Either way stop

[@BennyLava19]

Are you not familiar with sports talk entertainment?

[@b_hak]

Kind of like the bigger balls

[@REYNOPOLY-wr7zi]

Yo

[@SumCharacter]

Commenting until March sadness is fixed

[@walidbahhur4198]

Diarrhea… The only way😂

[@cameron818]

Worse takes I've heard on this yet

[@chrisf8283]

Tim is so dramatic

[@chrisf8283]

Oh Billy lmao. Why are y’all so dramatic.

[@patrickcrippen880]

REINSTATE PETE!!!! Or ban them ALL FOR LIFE