Mark King syspended with immediate effect

Whats the latest on this ?

wish i knew, if he gets a light sentence after what happened to the chinese lads then it's no justice is it

No news since he was suspended. 

WillHill still sitting on the money from the match in question.

Is this still going on ?

It would appear so, yes.  I still haven't been paid out / refunded, nothing has been mentioned by the authorities, and King is still not playing.

It's been what, 6 or so months since the suspension, so not yet an outlandish amount of time by the usual standards of these matters, though given it's apparently concerning just one match, you'd wonder why it does seem to be dragging on. Unless it's widened in scope from the outset, difficult to know. King did have the right to appeal the suspension and chose not to do so, whatever that suggests. More interesting, he's been selling stuff off recently, including his star table, which really would suggest he himself sees little chance of a reprieve coming.

Very interesting, mate.  The match in question (certainly the red flag raising one) was 13th Feb, so we're already past 7 months, and only one month shy of the total time the investigation into the Chinese players took!

(granted I guess some of the resources available to them might have been tied up on the Chinese cases until the conclusion of that)

Being a bit pedantic here mate but from Liangs suspension to decision was 8 months but i think that investigation was ongoing for months prior to that, possibly flowing seamlessly from the assault investigation and charge. But i think you're nail on head there with resources. They obviously threw the kitchen sink at that one and, for whatever reason, they seemed determined to have it wrapped up by the end of the season and not drag on into summer. Had a look at past cases and 6/7 months seems about average though a relatively simple case like Jamie Jones was all done in 4 which you'd think might apply to King. Don't know really, maybe it's just not a priority, i don't see why they couldn't at least release some generic, nothing statement - investigation is ongoing, player remains suspended etc - just to let people know they haven't forgotten about it or are hoping they do and King just disappears and we all carry on like nothing ever happened!

Fair one, mate.

Yeah, I have considered asking WST directly, just to make sure they realise we haven't forgotten!

They managed to get away with never (so far as I'm aware) saying anything about the matches last season that Craigie and Dave jacked in when they decided they'd "had enough"....

Jesus, I'd actually forgotten about the Sam & Dave incidents. Surely they were both given fairly hefty fines but if so, why no announcement? If no penalty was given out, then it needs to be explained why not. They need to be more transparent about this stuff and it's another reminder we're basically dealing with a guys running a professional set up like a bunch of amateurs. At least the scoreboards seem to be working which is a major achievement where these guys are concerned

Absolutely, mate.

I did email WST on Thursday morning re the status of the King investigation, BTW, and have so far got nothing back.

Still no response....

Think you'll be waiting mate. I mailed them a couple of times before, just routine queries, and never got as much as a whistle back. I'd bet hard cash whoever the press guy is there has his email set up so that enquiries from the general public go straight to junk.

That right, mate?  Maybe we need to send Fouldsy/Dave Hendon a DM.

I got a reply after chasing it!

Just confirms that the investigation is still on-going and they can't comment on it for now.

O me of little faith!!

At least you got acknowledgment anyway. Wonder if someone over in Bristol was reading the forum

  That thought had crossed my mind, too!  They (bless 'em) included some links to IBAS in case I was unhappy with how WH were dealing with it   I thought that was slightly strange, since I have no doubt that WH will settle (either way) when the results of the investigation have been made public.

I presume there is some sort of bookie protocal for handling stuff like this, not one I've heard of or encountered before though. If or when Kings is charged, i wonder what WH do then? Just settle bets as normal or return stakes or what? Is a strange one tbf.

I am assuming that if they've got him "bang to rights" that bets will be voided and stakes returned.  If not, I presume I'll get paid out.

365 settled straight away ([cynic mode on]but then I had backed King there [/cynic mode off])

Would be curious to know what 365 did with Perry bets. Would seem fair they paid them out, seen as they settled King bets as losers. Have to assume they did, wouldn't be like a bookie to want to have it both ways would it?

Is there a clue about this in the BBC piece that has just popped up on my phone from yesterday?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/67008159

"We monitor 3,000-plus matches every year. Since the beginning of 2018, there have been 13 matches we know have been fixed, of which 10 were in the Chinese case we've just had - it's 0.1% of matches that have come to notice," he said.

Do we *officially* know of 3 others in that timeframe?

Yeah, saw that earlier mate. Wasn't personally aware of any more, unless you include King which seemed to be just a single match. Don't know qhat exactly he's suggesting there tbh.

Interesting, isn't it?  I just found a Wiki page listing all of the matches that have come under investigation, and there are definitely not three extras listed between the timeframe he speaks about...  (the Perry v King match is listed - as under investigation)

Yeah dont know what to make of it mate. A couple of cases, like Yu Delu, were settled in 2018, though the relevant matches were earlier, so maybe he's counting those. But i don't know if that even adds up. If only we had a hector nunns to quiz him about it