But he will still be allowed to compete in next year's World Championships because the ban has been suspended until after then. 

The 34-year-old, born in England but who now competes for Norway, was found guilty of of placing bets on matches using three different accounts in his own name.

Maflin admitting placing 193 bets on snooker with three different online betting operators. 

None of these bets involved his own matches but did include bets on matches in tournaments Maflin competed in.

The bets in question were relatively small in value to a total of £2,276.69 ($3,059.78/€2,596.55) over the five year period where he made an overall loss of £761 ($1,023/€868).

"From the outset Mr Maflin fully admitted betting on snooker over a five year period in contravention of the WPBSA Members Rules and fully cooperated with the WPBSA enquiry," the WPBSA said in a statement.

"There is no suggestion whatsoever that Mr Maflin was doing anything to influence match outcomes or engaged in any corrupt activity, he was solely betting on snooker."

Maflin is among 21 players to have made multiple 147 breaks in professional competition.

His highest world ranking was 31 but he has now slipped to 49. 

A report published in April by the European Sport Security Association reported there were two reported cases of suspicious betting cases in the first-quarter of 2017.

Tennis was responsible for 12, with football and volleyball the next highest sports with four cases apiece.

Along with snooker, basketball had two reported cases, with boxing, handball and ice hockey accounting for one each.