Book review: a deep-dive on Britain's losing sports gamble

Rob Davies, an investigative reporter on the business desk of The Guardian, and award winner in 2019 for his investigations into the gambling industry and government policy, writes in his first book of the “gamblification of football”.
Book review: a deep-dive on Britain's losing sports gamble

The rise of the smartphone has created what amounts to a lethal weapon when combined with new technology-driven gambling opportunities.

Fri, 03 Mar, 2023 - 14:27
Eoghan O’Sullivan

  • Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain
  • Rob Davies 
  • Faber, pb £10.99; ebook, £8.99

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