Snooker Police

12/24/2008		Snooker Police
Home History Games News Dictionary		There will be some significant changes made in the world of snooker as betting scams are weeded out in the New Year. The suspicious online gambling activity surrounding the surprise string of bets for Stephen Maguire to win against Jamie Burnett this past December with a score of 9-3 has got the billiards and snooker communities all up in a bundle with demands for a thorough investigation coming off nearly every corner. Insistence on a governing body in the future to prevent similar events is being taken seriously, as well, with the ramifications being permanent damage to the game if it’s not rectified. The referred to Maguire-Burnett incident has resulted directly in the call for a parliamentary select committee to investigate the matter. The decision was first published by the Guardian, a major news source for the UK. Said committee’s duties will look not only at the specifics on this snooker scam, but investigate actions and measures taken by online sports betting centers and bookmakers throughout the United Kingdom. The Gambling Committee has assured concerned parties that they are more than up to the job of objectively taking the matter into their hands. The Association of British Bookmakers, which had begun a cursory investigation after its final warning of suspicious betting patterns, will provide all results to the Gambling Commission and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Victor Chandler’s director of trading, Ian Marmion, was one of the executives who called off betting on the Maguire-Burnett match up following the flags. His opinion is that unless the matter can be handled well and quickly, the effects on online gambling as it applies to the game of snooker could potentially be permanent. . "Casual punters will be turned off," he said. "Are you going to have a bet on a match if you think it's fixed? There are bigger ramifications for the sport."

12/24/2008

Snooker Police

There will be some significant changes made in the world of snooker as betting scams are weeded out in the New Year. The suspicious online gambling activity surrounding the surprise string of bets for Stephen Maguire to win against Jamie Burnett this past December with a score of 9-3 has got the billiards and snooker communities all up in a bundle with demands for a thorough investigation coming off nearly every corner. Insistence on a governing body in the future to prevent similar events is being taken seriously, as well, with the ramifications being permanent damage to the game if it’s not rectified.

The referred to Maguire-Burnett incident has resulted directly in the call for a parliamentary select committee to investigate the matter. The decision was first published by the Guardian, a major news source for the UK. Said committee’s duties will look not only at the specifics on this snooker scam, but investigate actions and measures taken by online sports betting centers and bookmakers throughout the United Kingdom. The Gambling Committee has assured concerned parties that they are more than up to the job of objectively taking the matter into their hands. The Association of British Bookmakers, which had begun a cursory investigation after its final warning of suspicious betting patterns, will provide all results to the Gambling Commission and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.

Victor Chandler’s director of trading, Ian Marmion, was one of the executives who called off betting on the Maguire-Burnett match up following the flags. His opinion is that unless the matter can be handled well and quickly, the effects on online gambling as it applies to the game of snooker could potentially be permanent. . "Casual punters will be turned off," he said. "Are you going to have a bet on a match if you think it's fixed? There are bigger ramifications for the sport."