Betfair really is Betting fair and that is the message that should be taken from the Kieron Fallon trial in that it while Betfair has permitted all and sundry to lay sports events they now provide the paper trail to catch those that try to make profit from trying to influence results and while this trail has some way to go the message is clear if you are guilty you will be found out.

Mark Davies of Betfair, quoted in The Daily Telegraph recently, said: “I think that all sport has always been liable to corruption, by the very nature of it producing clear results one way or another. They say that chariot races were rigged for financial reward. I don’t see why subsequent sporting events should suddenly have been less liable to corrupt practice. We would strongly dispute the idea that sport suddenly has a corruption problem because of the boom in gambling.”