Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier is back in the news this week.
He has been embroiled in a gambling controversy for a little while now, and some details have come to light as to numerous suspicious bets one bettor put on Rozier ahead of a game between the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans back in March of 2023.
According to documents obtained by ESPN, one pro bettor placed more than $13,000 worth of bets the morning of March 23 on unders for Rozier’s stats in the upcoming game. The bettor in question then won every one of those bets after Rozier left the game early on with an injury.
“A professional bettor placed 30 wagers in 46 minutes, all involving Terry Rozier in a 2023 NBA game, according to documents obtained by ESPN that reveal new details about the suspicious betting under scrutiny by federal investigators,” ESPN’s David Purdum wrote.
“On the morning of March 23, 2023, a bettor at a sportsbook in Biloxi, Mississippi, placed $13,759 in bets on the unders on Rozier’s statistics in a game that night between the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans, according to the documents, which ESPN acquired through an open records request. All 30 bets won, after Rozier, an eight-year veteran with the Hornets at the time, exited 10 minutes into the game, citing a foot issue.
“In all, at least six sportsbooks in multiple states detected suspicious betting on Rozier props that day, with the bulk of the activity occurring in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to sources familiar with a report issued by U.S. Integrity, a firm that monitors the betting market for abnormalities.”
The biggest bet that the bettor wagered, which was $2,700 on Rozier grabbing under 5.5 rebounds, was made over the counter. The remaining 29 bets, on the other hand, were made at a self-serving kiosk.
“The bettor in Biloxi placed the bets at Harrah’s Gulf Coast on the under on Rozier’s points, rebounds and assists, according to a list of wagers included in the documents,” Purdum wrote. “The largest bet, a $2,700 wager on under 5.5 rebounds for Rozier, was made over the counter, using a casino player’s card. The other 29 bets were placed on a self-serve betting kiosk, a few hundred dollars at a time, beginning at 9:37 a.m., before the sportsbook counter was open, according to the records.”
From the morning up until the middle of the afternoon of March 23, multiple sportsbooks located in New Orleans also saw heavier action on Rozier props than was expected.
“Sources told ESPN that multiple sportsbooks in New Orleans also received heavier-than-expected action on the under on Rozier props, starting in the morning and lasting until midafternoon,” Purdum wrote. “At 2:24 p.m. the day of the game, U.S. Integrity sent a nationwide alert about ‘Suspicious Wagering Terry Rozier NBA Player Props,’ according to documents ESPN obtained through another open records request.
“Most prominent sportsbooks halted betting on Rozier props within an hour of the U.S. Integrity alert, according to an archived odds feed from betting analytics site Unabated.com.”
It isn’t entirely clear whether Rozier is still under federal investigation due to conflicting claims and reports.
“Rozier’s attorney, Jim Trusty, said while the federal probe remains ongoing, his client is not a target of the investigation,” Purdum wrote. “A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said in an email that they could not confirm or deny Rozier’s status in the investigation and declined further comment.
“Trusty said Rozier met with NBA and FBI officials multiple times in 2023 and that the initial investigation determined that Rozier had done nothing wrong.”
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Meanwhile, Rozier’s future seems to be up in the air in Miami. Last month, Ethan J. Skolnick of Five Reasons Sports described the Heat as “aggressively” attempting to trade Rozier, who will be owed more than $26 million for the coming 2025-26 season before he hits unrestricted free agency in the summer of 2026. It’s unclear if much has changed since that report.
For as much as the betting scandal draws negative attention to the Heat organization, Rozier’s play is likely why the Heat have considered trading him away. He averaged just 10.6 points per game while shooting 39.1 percent from the field and 29.5 percent from 3-point range in 64 appearances in the 2024-25 season.
Not only that, but he spent much of the latter portion of the campaign oscillating in and out of head coach Erik Spoelstra’s rotation.