{"title":"Darragh McGee","description":"\u003cp\u003eDarragh McGee’s work offers a captivating blend of culinary exploration and thoughtful storytelling. Readers can expect a rich fusion of flavours and narratives that breathe life into every recipe, making the act of cooking an immersive experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a passion for food culture, McGee's books reveal the stories behind ingredients and dishes, inviting readers to savour both taste and tradition. Ideal for those who appreciate food as an art and a language.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"imitation-games-by-darragh-mcgee-9781847929310","title":"Imitation Games","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImitation Games\u003c\/em\u003e by Darragh McGee is a pioneering investigation into the new digital age of gambling, its explosive growth, and the transformational impact it is having on sport, fandom, and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\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 is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\n\u003cp\u003eHow did we get here? How did a new wave of gambling brands hijack sport on an international scale? In \u003cem\u003eImitation Games\u003c\/em\u003e, Darragh McGee travels the globe 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\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\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47754157162732,"sku":"9781847929310","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781847929310-imitation-games.jpg?v=1781658298"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/darragh-mcgee.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}