{"product_id":"imitation-games-how-gambling-hijacked-sport","title":"Imitation Games: How Gambling Hijacked Sport","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Meticulous and devastating... Read this book to learn the truth about the game you love' - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\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 point of sport is to bet on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow did we get here? How did a new wave of gambling brands hijack sport on a global scale? In Imitation Games, 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'McGee takes readers on a gripping journey' - Natasha Schüll, author of Addiction by Design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDarragh McGee is an academic based at the University of Bath and an authority on the changing relationship between gambling and sport. He has led a decade of cutting-edge research on the growth of online sports gambling in the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa, including the public health impacts on a new generation of young people. His research and writing appear in global media outlets, including the Guardian, the BBC, and Men’s Health. He holds a doctorate from the University of Toronto, Canada. He was named a BBC New Generation Thinker in 2020. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eImitation Games\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is his first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBodley Head\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e24 x 17 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e416 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMay 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e9781847929327\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Darragh McGee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58376696234365,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/5149\/9341\/files\/2026-07-1015.14.25.jpg?v=1783693233","url":"https:\/\/stanchionbooks.com\/products\/imitation-games-how-gambling-hijacked-sport","provider":"Stanchion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}