FILE - Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Tucupita Marcano takes a throw down to second base during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, July 7, 2023, in Phoenix. Major League Baseball has permanently banned Marcano, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, for betting on baseball and suspended the four other players for one year after finding the players placed unrelated bets with a legal sportsbook. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
FILE - Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Jan. 18, 2024, in Toronto. A New York man, Long Phi Pham, was charged Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in a sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban Porter for life, with the charges marking the first known criminal fallout from the alleged scheme. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Dallas Mavericks forward Tim Hardaway Jr. shoots against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half in Game 2 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)
FILE - This combination of 2024 file photo shows baseball players, from left, Tucupita Marcano, Jay Groome, Michael Kelly, Jose Rodríguez and Andrew Saalfrank. Major League Baseball has permanently banned Marcano Tuesday, June 4, 2024, for betting on baseball and suspended the four other players for one year after finding the players placed unrelated bets with a legal sportsbook. None of the players punished played in any games on which they wagered, and all players denied to MLB they had inside information relevant to their bets or the games they bet on – testimonies that MLB says align with the data received from the sportsbook. (AP Photo/File)