Snooker bosses launch formal investigation into betting furore

WORLD SNOOKER confirmed they will conduct a formal investigation into the betting controversy surrounding Jamie Burnett’s defeat to Stephen Maguire at the Maplin UK Championship in Telford earlier this week.

Bookmakers suspended activity on the first-round match after a flurry of wagers were placed on a 9-3 scoreline in Maguire’s favour — the margin by which the Scot did eventually win.

Burnett missed a black in the 12th frame that would have made it 8-4.