This is a brilliant, deeply disturbing book. Carefully researched, engagingly written, it's part social and economic history of the exponential growth of global sports betting, with closely drawn sketches of the remarkable entrepreneurs who saw the possibilities, turned the industry from horse-racing to football, and pioneered the advertising and digital technologies of continuous betting. It's also a searing indictment of the hijacking of sports, transforming 'the beautiful game' into the compulsion of endless betting, deliberately addicting players, managers and fans alike, with devastating financial and family loss, including suicide. McGee's harshest words are for the sports bodies and governments who willfully ignored the abundant evidence of gambling-related harm, blinded by the large sums of money paid by the industry. It's an urgent read for anyone who loves sports.