Jenkins Given 11-year Ban For Darts Match-fixing

Darts subordinate Andy Jenkins has been banned for 11 years and fined much than £17,000 for match-fixing.

A Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) disciplinary committee recovered Jenkins, 54, blameworthy of fixing 12 matches successful which he was progressive betwixt February 2022 and July 2023.

Jenkins had denied match-fixing but admitted placing 88 bets connected matches betwixt March 2022 and May 2023.

For that, he received an further 12-month suspension which will tally concurrently pinch his different sanctions, nan DRA said.

The ban, which has been backdated to November 2023, will forestall him from playing successful aliases being progressive successful immoderate measurement pinch immoderate DRA arena until 15 November 2034.

Jenkins reached nan semi-finals of nan PDC World Championship successful 2007, losing to eventual victor Raymond van Barneveld, and has won 15 profession titles.

John Pierce, head of enforcement astatine nan Gambling Commission, which worked pinch nan DRA connected nan case, said: "This lawsuit sends a beardown and unequivocal connection to each sportspeople - if you hole matches, you are apt to beryllium caught and look superior consequences.

"Betting customers successful Britain merit assurance that nan markets they prosecute pinch are adjacent and free from corruption.

"Our sports betting intelligence portion will proceed to activity intimately pinch partners specified arsenic nan Darts Regulation Authority to place and forestall match-fixing."