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phil9ball
Home away from home
Joined: 14-Mar-2006
Posts: 1102
From: Ipswich
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Posted: 2010-02-12 14:49
Have you read this report on the BBC website? What's your views on this? I really hope it's not true......
Snooker player Stephen Lee has been arrested following an investigation into suspicious betting patterns.
West Midlands Police confirmed that the player, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and ranked number 25 in the world, was arrested on Thursday.
A spokesman said: "A 35-year-old man from Wiltshire was arrested on Thursday 11 February on suspicion of cheating."
He said the arrest followed a joint operation with the Gambling Commission over concerns about betting patterns.
Snooker inquiry
The father-of-four was once ranked fifth in the world.
World Snooker, the commercial arm of governing body the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), said it was awaiting further developments.
"We are aware of the recent news articles concerning match fixing and are awaiting further reports," a statement said.
"In instances where the Gambling Commission commences an investigation into a match, the WPBSA works together with the commission to assist in its inquiries and the WPBSA will hold its own investigation open pending the conclusion.
"However, neither the commission nor the WPBSA will release information surrounding a betting matter while an investigation in ongoing."
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MachineGun
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Joined: 21-Aug-2007
Posts: 518
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Posted: 2010-02-12 14:57
What happened with the Maguire thing by the way?
Never really heard the outcome
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Rikyboy1987
Just can't stay away
Joined: 21-Jan-2010
Posts: 85
From: Leeds
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Posted: 2010-02-12 16:30
I think it's right to follow up an investagation in match fixing it should be illegal as if not already Theres a lot of vunerble players out there that just want to enjoy the game of snooker/pool that's the way it should be it's no different than mugging some1 really without the violence
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craig
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Joined: 08-Sep-2006
Posts: 247
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Posted: 2010-02-12 17:38
I thought he might have been arrested for stealing pies.
Zero sympathy for him.
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Rikyboy1987
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Joined: 21-Jan-2010
Posts: 85
From: Leeds
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Posted: 2010-02-12 18:10
I bet he got the sponsor at the uk championships they were sponsored by pukka pies ding junhui got the weight in pies as his own weight and he sent them to a third world country don't think Stephen lee would of
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wildman147
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Joined: 13-Mar-2009
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Posted: 2010-02-12 21:56
Stephen Lee practices at my club in Swindon and he is practicing hard so i think this is all rubbish. its the bookies like taking money and start all this stuff everytime some1 gets a winner
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mal_clarke
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Joined: 16-Nov-2006
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Posted: 2010-02-13 23:12
The weirdest one I heard was huge bets being placed on Liang Wenbo versus Ebdon for Liang to win 5-0.
Regarding Maguire, if anything who has seen that black and nothing has happened to them since, if they are not nicked Lee has nothing to worry about. We can all play pool and hold a cue- Burnett aimed to miss in my opinion.
I hope that I'm wrong but thats how I saw it.
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