Editing Betfair (section)

===Sports integrity===
Betfair has noted that they have signed numerous information sharing agreements with [[sport governing bodies|governing bodies]] around the world, with whom they cooperate on matters if the latter suspects corruption to have taken place. Betfair has agreements with some thirty sports bodies, such as the Lawn Tennis Association and the British Horseracing Association, and has been instrumental in several high-profile investigations into suspicious betting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2008/6%20June/betfair_61_11.html |title=Playing their cards right, Director magazine |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921032054/http://director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2008/6%20June/betfair_61_11.html |archive-date=21 September 2010 }}</ref>

In June 2010, high-profile racehorse owner and professional gambler Harry Findlay was banned by the [[British Horseracing Authority]] for using Betfair to bet against his own horse, Gullible Gordon.<ref name="Chris Cook">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jun/11/harry-findlay-six-month-ban|title=I'll never own horses in Britain again, says Harry Findlay after ban|author=Chris Cook|work=The Guardian|date=11 June 2010 |access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021135448/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jun/11/harry-findlay-six-month-ban|archive-date=21 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the disciplinary hearing into Findlay's betting against Gullible Gordon, it was revealed that Findlay had been in financial difficulty and that Betfair had allowed him to use the account of a friend, racehorse owner Eammon Wilmott. In a further twist, the bets were actually made by Findlay "associate" Glenn Gill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishhorseracing.com/resource-centre/disciplinary-results/disciplinaryappeal-hearings/disciplinary/?result=535a306bb33ebfaa5320ec98|title=Disciplinary|author=The British Horseracing Authority|work=The British Horseracing Authority|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141011070136/http://www.britishhorseracing.com/resource-centre/disciplinary-results/disciplinaryappeal-hearings/disciplinary/?result=535a306bb33ebfaa5320ec98|archive-date=11 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Betfair themselves condemned the punishing of Findlay, saying the punishment was not "proportionate or consistent with similar offences in the past."<ref name="Chris Cook"/> Findlay had previously called himself "a walking advert for Betfair."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/dec/06/horseracing.gdnsport31|date=6 December 2006|title=Harry's game is playing big on and off the track|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021135456/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/dec/06/horseracing.gdnsport31|archive-date=21 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>