Stuart Bingham moet zich bij de WPBSA dicipinairy committee melden omdat hij verdacht wordt van het overtreden van de “betting rules”, de regels voor spelers rondom het gokken.
Waar de oud-wereldkampioen precies van verdacht wordt meldt het persbericht van de WPBSA niet. Wel wijzen ze specifiek naar één paragraaf in de regels:
WPBSA Betting Rules extract:
- Betting misconduct
2.1 It shall be a breach of these Rules for a Member to do any of the following:
2.1.1 Betting:
2.1.1.1 to place, accept, lay or otherwise make a Bet with any other person in relation to the result, score, progress, conduct or any other aspect of the Tour and/or any Tournament or Match in events sanctioned by the WPBSA, WSL or WBL;
2.1.1.2 to solicit, induce, entice, instruct, persuade, encourage, facilitate, authorise or permit any other person to enter into a Bet for the Member’s direct or in direct benefit in relation to the result, score, progress, conduct or any other aspect of the Tour and/or any Tournament or Match in events sanctioned by the WPBSA, WSL, WBL, WLBS or WDBS;