Darts player Andy Jenkins has been handed an eleven-year ban and fined over £17,000 for match-fixing offences.
The 54-year-old was found guilty by a Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) disciplinary committee.
The severe punishment comes after an investigation into fixed matches in the Modus Super Series.
Jenkins' decade-long ban is one of the harshest penalties ever imposed in professional darts.
Darts player Andy Jenkins has been handed an eleven-year ban and fined over £17,000 for match-fixing offences
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The DRA found Jenkins guilty of fixing 12 Modus Super Series matches he participated in between February 2022 and July 2023.
Despite denying match-fixing allegations, Jenkins admitted to placing 88 bets on matches between March 2022 and May 2023.
The DRA added an additional 12 months to his suspension due to this admission and for sharing information with bettors.
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The total financial penalty amounts to £17,580 in costs.
Jenkins' ban has been backdated to November 2023, when he was initially suspended alongside fellow players Jack Main and Prakash Jiwa.
The punishment will prevent him from playing in or being involved with any DRA event until 15 November 2034.
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Jenkins has until May 6, 2025 to appeal the decision.
The case was investigated in partnership with the Gambling Commission's sports betting intelligence unit.
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John Pierce, director of enforcement at the Gambling Commission, commented on the case.
"This case sends a strong and unequivocal message to all sportspeople - if you fix matches, you are likely to be caught and face serious consequences," he said.
Darts star Andy Jenkins pictured playing back in 2006
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"Betting customers in Britain deserve confidence that the markets they engage with are fair and free from corruption."
Pierce added that their sports betting intelligence unit would continue working with partners like the DRA to prevent match-fixing.
