Is There Something Rotten In The State Of China?

[douglas9401]

The temptation to miss by a few millimetres for a big payday may be strong in these ones.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/63945840

[Old_Geezer]

There's a heck of a lot more wrong with China, or at least the CCP, than snooker.

[douglas9401]

Indeed OG, but not so much in the Sport category on Answerbank.

[New Judge]

It doesn't only happen in China:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_snooker_players_investigated_for_match-fixing

[Ellipsis]

It's all balls.

Yan [Bingtao], who became the youngest Masters champion in 26 years when he beat John Higgins in the 2021 final ...

What a coincidence!

[douglas9401]

Not half a dozen nationals at a time though, NJ.

[THECORBYLOON]

These are only allegations, mind.

[douglas9401]

Some say the thin end of the wedge or even the slippery slope.

[jno]

playing on a slippery slope must be tricky

The billiard-sharp whom anyone catches
His doom’s extremely hard—
He’s made to dwell
In a dungeon cell
On a spot that’s always barred.
And there he plays extravagant matches
In fitless finger-stalls,
On a cloth untrue
With a twisted cue
And elliptical billiard balls.