{"product_id":"9781847929327-imitation-games","title":"Imitation Games","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Gambling Hijacked Sport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Meticulous and devastating. Read this book to learn the truth about the game you love'\u003cbr\u003eOliver Bullough, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoneyland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA cheeky flutter. All part of the game. Get closer to the action. A friendly, familiar voice, inviting you to join the real fans and get involved. What harm could it do…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has never been easier to stake a bet. Wall to wall adverts have hijacked every sporting event – the mobile slot machine in your pocket all you need to enter an immersive world in which gambling is faceless and frictionless, available 24\/7, on almost any aspect of any sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince its origins as a provincial cottage industry almost twenty-five years ago, online gambling has become a globe-straddling behemoth worth more than £10 billion a year. It can sometimes feel as if the \u003ci\u003epoint\u003c\/i\u003e of sport is to bet on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did we get here? How did a new wave of gambling brands hijack sport on a global scale? In \u003ci\u003eImitation Games\u003c\/i\u003e, Darragh McGee travels the world to tell the incredible story of the digital brands who unleashed this new world of gambling onto a new generation of fans (and got very rich doing so).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the same time, he traces the harm and human cost that gambling leaves behind, and shows how we can create a different future for sport and society. Because when the fun stops, it stops hard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'McGee takes readers on a gripping journey'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatasha Schüll, author of \u003ci\u003eAddiction by Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56409906938230,"sku":"9781847929327","price":21.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41352784.jpg?v=1779434158","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847929327-imitation-games","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}