Reminiscent of SnookerPlus played in the early 60s, where there was an orange ball worth 8 and a purple worth 10.  Max break was 210. 

sounds harmless

not like it’s gonna be an issue very often is it

good marshalling of the fact base by JM

snooker is under studied by sports historians

If the ball is made of solid gold and you get to keep it if you pot it then this is a great idea. 

Snooker plus makes more sense - presumably with Saudi golden balls there’s a massive $2bn prize for potting the golden ball.  

It's just that white ball with the dot on it but wrapped in foil. 

How much momentum would a cue ball need to pot a solid gold ball over a 4 ft distance?  Assume it's a LOT. 

At normal UK room temperature120nm/sq inch or thereabouts. That's enough force to destroy the Hexagon theatre in Reading. This can only be performed in the desert under test conditions. 

If the baize is in good nick then it's possible. You have to be willing to risk it all to win a solid gold snooker ball. 

Heh@ solid gold

A standard, 52.5mm snooker ball weighs 145g. 

A solid gold one (density ~19.32 g/cm³) would be approximately 2.144kg

That is over £100k of gold ball at todays prices. Seems about right.