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- List_of_snooker_players_investigated_for_match-fixing abstract "Snooker has been plagued by allegations of corruption virtually since its inauguration as a professional sport. Retired professional player and BBC commentator, Willie Thorne, concedes that match-fixing has always been a part of snooker, even acknowledging that some of the results in his own matches were bent. The earliest known case of corruption in the game involves Joe Davis, pioneer of the professional game and winner of the first fifteen world championships, who is believed to have "carried" weaker opponents in multi-session matches to maximise the gate revenue. Match-fixing is notoriously difficult to prove, and the only player ever to be successfully prosecuted by the governing body for it is Stephen Lee, who was banned in 2013 for influencing the outcome of seven matches between 2008 and 2009. However, three other players including Quinten Hann, John Higgins and Joe Jogia are all serving or have served bans on match-fixing related charges.".
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- List_of_snooker_players_investigated_for_match-fixing comment "Snooker has been plagued by allegations of corruption virtually since its inauguration as a professional sport. Retired professional player and BBC commentator, Willie Thorne, concedes that match-fixing has always been a part of snooker, even acknowledging that some of the results in his own matches were bent.".
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