Bookies Blog » championships http://blog.bookies.com Talking about Odds Comparison and Sporting News Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:10:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Suspicious snooker bets lead to match-fixing allegations http://blog.bookies.com/snooker/158/suspicious-snooker-bets-lead-to-match-fixing-allegations.html http://blog.bookies.com/snooker/158/suspicious-snooker-bets-lead-to-match-fixing-allegations.html#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:37:25 +0000 Trevor Brody http://blog.bookies.com/?p=158 Victor Chandler are amongst a number of bookies who are waiting to see if the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association will launch an investigation into a UK Championship clash between Stephen Maguire and Jamie Burnett.

The firm have enormous liabilities between £5,000 and £10,000, due mainly to a sensational gamble on the 9-3 correct scoreline. The firm cut the price from 5/1 into 4/1 3 days before the match, pretty much unheard of in snooker betting.

What makes the betting pattern even more suspicious is that VC took almost no money for 9-2 or 9-4; the same is reported from Stan James and Boylesports.

Burnett and Maguire used to practice together, which is likely to fuel fears of match-fixing. The video below shows Burnett missing the black at 6:44 which would’ve taken the score to 8-4 – you can’t help but think that something must be amiss.

I think it could just be that the pressure got to Burnett on the black, as he knew about the betting patterns before the match. Claims of match-fixing also beg the question: Why didn’t he simply miss the blue at 6:01?

UK Championships Winner Betting

UK Championships Match Betting

O’Sullivan v Perry Match Betting

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