Inside Info? 30 Winning ‘Under’ Bets on Terry Rozier Triggered Integrity Alert at Biloxi Casino

^{NBA guard Terry Rozier (3) of the Charlotte Hornets, now with the Miami Heat, raised some serious betting flags when a bettor in Mississippi seemed to have a hunch about his play. (Photo: Eric Gay / AP)}

ESPN reported Friday that a professional bettor had won 30 different wagers on then-Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier on March 23, 2023, winning all the bets after Rozier left the game late in the first quarter due to a foot issue.

ESPN cited documents that showed the bettor placed $13,759 in wagers at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi, Mississippi, ahead of Rozier’s performance in a game that night against the New Orleans Pelicans.

Unusual Betting Triggered Integrity Alerts

The bets were immediately flagged by the casino, which refused to pay out the tickets on suspicion that the bettor had inside information, according to emails from the sportsbook to the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The casino asked the state commission if it could simply void the bets.

“Has Caesars been able to come up with any evidence to support this being insider information?” a regulator from the Mississippi Gaming Commission asked in an email from April 5, 2023. “If not, the property which I believe is Harrah’s Gulf Coast/Caesars will need to pay out the wagers.”

Ultimately, Caesars paid out the winning bets, with the gambler winning $13,017.70.

But that wasn’t the only sign that something might be going on with that game. At 2:24 pm on the day of the game in question, US Integrity sent an alert to operates nationwide titled “Suspicious Wagering Terry Rozier NBA Player Props,” according to the ESPN report. It appeared that most major sportsbooks soon halted betting on Rozier’s prop bets for that night’s contest after receiving that alert. According to ESPN, a US Integrity report noted that at least six sportsbooks in multiple states saw suspicious activity on Rozier’s prop bets.

In that game, Rozier scored five points while collecting four rebounds, two assists and one steal while playing fewer than 10 minutes in the game. He would not play again in the 2022-23 season. 

Rozier was traded from the Hornets to the Miami Heat in January 2024 and has been a regular member of Miami’s rotation since then. He averaged 10.6 points per game in the 2024-25 season.

The NBA investigated the unusual betting activity in 2023 and found no league rules had been violated. In addition, Rozier is known to have been one of at least three NBA players investigated by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. 

Jim Trustly, an attorney representing Rozier, confirmed to ESPN that the player had met with NBA and FBI officials multiple times in 2023, though there was no finding that he had done anything wrong.

“It’s unfortunately that he’s a big name in sports and is having to endure all this,” Trusty said, via ESPN. “My hope and expectation is that at some point that they’ll be done with their investigation and will be professional enough to let us know that it’s 100 percent over and that they’ve reached the same conclusion that was reached in 2023.”

Multiple NBA Players Targeted by Federal Investigators

But while Rozier hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing, the larger probe into NBA betting has had significant consequences for others. 

Most notably, former Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter was banned from the NBA for providing insider information to gamblers and betting on NBA games himself. 

Meanwhile, former Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley is facing an investigation from federal authorities into unusual betting on his prop bets while he played for the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2023-24 season. Interestingly, one prominent incident in which the odds on Beasley to record under 2.5 rebounds resulted in a loss for those bettors, as Beasley ultimately finished with six boards. 

Beasley had been in talks with the Pistons about potentially re-resigning with the team on a three-year, $42 million contract, but those talks were paused when news of the investigation broke in late June.