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Billiards and Snooker Association to monitor betting markets in match-fixing crackdown
October 30, 2013
iGaming Business – Nigel Mawer, chairman of the disciplinary committee of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), has said that snooker authorities must monitor betting markets if they are to curb match-fixing in the sport. Speaking to the Reuters news agency, former Scotland Yard detective Mawer said that the approach was “crucial” to keeping track of such activities. “The point for me is if you are going to fix a match, normally it’s for people to win money by betting,” he said. “So it’s crucial that we can monitor betting markets worldwide. It gives us the opportunity to…