After a listening to earlier than the WPBSA Disciplinary Committee that passed off on 18th July 2017 Joe Perry admitted that between 2009 and 2013 he had breached the WPBSA Members Guidelines by inserting bets on Matches utilizing 5 totally different betting accounts in his personal title.

The details of the case are that between twenty third September 2009 and third June 2013 Mr Perry positioned 193 bets on snooker with 5 totally different on-line betting operators. None of those bets concerned his personal matches, however it did embrace bets on matches in tournaments Mr Perry competed in.

The bets in query had been comparatively small in worth to a complete of £2,806.49 over the 4 12 months interval the place he made an general revenue of £832.09. There was one account the place the betting couldn’t be quantified as a result of a scarcity of information.

From the outset Mr Perry absolutely admitted betting on snooker over a 4 12 months interval in contravention of the WPBSA Members Guidelines and absolutely cooperated with the WPBSA enquiry.

There isn’t a suggestion in any respect that Mr Perry was doing something to affect match outcomes or engaged in any corrupt exercise, he was solely betting on snooker.

He was suspended from enjoying in WPBSA sanctioned occasions for a interval of three months. This suspension is suspended in full till after the 2018 World Championships. He was ordered to pay a fantastic of £2,500.

The WPBSA Members Guidelines prohibit any betting on snooker by a Member:

Put up August 2009 The WPBSA Members Guidelines Betting Guidelines state:

2. Betting misconduct

2.1 It shall be a breach of those Guidelines for a Member to do any of the next:

2.1.1 Betting:

2.1.1.1 to put, settle for, lay or in any other case make a Guess with another individual in relation to the outcome, rating, progress, conduct or another  facet of the Tour and/or any Event or Match in occasions sanctioned by the WPBSA, WSL or WBL.