TSB - Joe Jogia handed 2 year ban by WPBSA Disciplinary Committee

[paddybhoy30]

TSB - Joe Jogia handed 2 year ban by WPBSA Disciplinary Committee

Probably the text messages.

[bricktip]

I don't see the evidence that he actually did anything wrong. Where is the evidence?

[Gerry Armstrong]

Remember Peter Franciscos suspension i remember it being a lot longer

Peter Francisco's ban was 5 years.

[LittleMissAlexa]

Remember Peter Franciscos suspension i remember it being a lot longer

[paddybhoy30]

TSB - Joe Jogia handed 2 year ban by WPBSA Disciplinary Committee

I would'nt be surprised if this kind of thing was rife back in the eighties. Low prize money offered then and bills to pay.

[BoroPhil]

"bankrupt bookie"

[BoroPhil]

tbf I have at least one bankrupt (more than once) in my close family. I agree that Jogia has been an idiot, and he deserves a ban but you can understand his anger at the difference in his and Higgins' punishment. Interesting that Jogia is threatening to lift the lid on corruption within the game, let's see what happens. I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that many players, at the very least, are guilty of spot fixing. It would be so easy to do, and when some of the lower-ranked players are paid so little, the temptation must be huge.

[beechy1212]

"...the house always wins..."

Only if you give them the chance to

[DeanH]

its because the bookies are the ultimate cheats...

"...the house always wins..."

[ken147]

All the bookies are always alert to any kind of irregular betting patterns ......very hard to cheat these days .

its because the bookies are the ultimate cheats...

[Giggity1984]

forgive the pun of him being of indian extraction but hes guilty as singh

LOL @ this!!!!

[Neil Taperell]

All the bookies are always alert to any kind of irregular betting patterns ......very hard to cheat these days .

[beechy1212]

It should have been a life ban.

Although Higgins got off lightly, every player was warned about what would happen if they were caught out. What an idiot to even try fix a match with all the bookies on red alert and everything being scrutinised

[bricktip]

Isn't there an appeal process?

[Particle Physics]

forgive the pun of him being of indian extraction but hes guilty as singh

You may be inadvertently right. Maybe his face doesn't fit in with the WPBSA club? Perhaps Higgin's face did, so it's a slap on the wrist for him, despite his offence being many more times worse.