SNOOKER star Mark King has been hit with a five-year ban for match fixing.
The former Northern Ireland Open champ was found guilty of “one count of match fixing and one count of providing inside information on that match.”
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A statement from the WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) confirmed King will now be banned from playing snooker for half a decade.
And he has also been ordered to pay nearly £70,000 in costs.
King was initially suspended by the WPBSA in March 2023, a month after his match against Joe Perry.
Suspicious betting had been reported, with an investigation carried out alongside the WPBSA’s bet monitoring partner Sportradar and the Sports Betting Intelligence United at the Gambling Commission.
King was then charged with “fixing the outcome of the Perry match”, as well as his December 2022 game against John Higgins.
He was also charged with “providing inside information on those matches that was used for betting.”
And King’s case was referred for a disciplinary hearing in November 2023.
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