WPBSA: 'No evidence' against duo

No action will be taken against Jimmy Michie or Marcus Campbell after a betting probe.

Michie and Campbell will face no action

No action will be taken against Jimmy Michie or Marcus Campbell after the completion of a probe into suspicious betting patterns. An investigation was launched into the pair's meeting at January's World Snooker Shoot-out after an abnormally high number of bets were placed on Campbell to win. He duly did so, beating his fellow Scot 32-21 in the one-frame encounter. Both players assured the Snooker Players Association of their innocence at the time and World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association chairman Jason Ferguson was quick to emphasise: "We've just had reports from betting shops to say that there were some unusual betting patterns and that is as far as it goes at the moment." A WPBSA statement on Wednesday morning read: "The WPBSA, working alongside the Gambling Commission, have completed a full investigation into suspicious betting patterns on a match at the World Snooker Shoot-out between Jimmy Michie and Marcus Campbell on January 28, 2011. "The investigation has concluded that while there were irregular betting patterns on the match, there is currently no evidence to link the betting to either of the players involved. Therefore no regulatory action will be taken by the governing body against the players."