The whole issue about betting exchanges and their possible adverse affects on the integrity on racing is filled with hypocrisy as far as I am concerned by those determined to protect their vested cash cow interests.

There are those who attack betting exchanges yet are doing exactly the same with some bets they offer! For practical purposes there is no difference between laying a football team or tennis player to lose a game on a betting exchange or betting that a football team or tennis player will win a particular game with a betting agency like a TAB Sportsbet.

In both cases the bettor is effectively nominating one player or one team to lose. In both cases money is made by a particular team or individual player losing.

Those who attack betting exchanges for damaging integrity should put their money where their mouths are and immediately cease betting on head to head sporting contests.