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11-15-2017, 08:31 AM
Top competitive 'Scrabble' player faces three-year ban for double-dipping
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Who among us hasn't cheated at Scrabble at some point?*
That's fine when you're just trying to put one over on your kid sister. It's less fine when you're an actual competitive Scrabble player and you're screwing over other top-tier competitors.
SEE ALSO: The sequel to 'Words With Friends' allows you to play without friends (http://mashable.com/2017/11/08/words-with-friends-two/)
That's the situation facing Scrabble pro Allan Simmons, who received a three-year ban from competitive play after the Association of British Scrabble Players leveled charges of cheating.
Simmons — who denied the accusation — was apparently spotted multiple times reaching into the bag of tiles for new letters, and then reaching back in again for different tiles after looking at what he'd gotten. It's the Scrabble equivalent of double-dipping, and a big no-no in the competitive circuit. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/14/scrabble-cheating-ban-allan-simmons/)
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Who among us hasn't cheated at Scrabble at some point?*
That's fine when you're just trying to put one over on your kid sister. It's less fine when you're an actual competitive Scrabble player and you're screwing over other top-tier competitors.
SEE ALSO: The sequel to 'Words With Friends' allows you to play without friends (http://mashable.com/2017/11/08/words-with-friends-two/)
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Simmons — who denied the accusation — was apparently spotted multiple times reaching into the bag of tiles for new letters, and then reaching back in again for different tiles after looking at what he'd gotten. It's the Scrabble equivalent of double-dipping, and a big no-no in the competitive circuit. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/14/scrabble-cheating-ban-allan-simmons/)
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