Jason Kido Lopez is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Redefining Sports Media and Self-Deception's Puzzles and Processes: A Return to a Sartrean View.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Second-Order Games and the Gaming Parlay1 Second-Order Gaming Structures and Cultures2 Second-Order Games' Media, Technology, and Legitimization3 Sports Leagues and the Gaming Parlay4 Sports Media and the Gaming ParlayConclusion: Legalized Betting and Gaming FuturesReferencesIndex

"Gaming Sports provides a long-awaited analysis and contextualization of the sports gambling pandemic. It valuably explains the long relationship between sports, gambling, and media while providing a critical vocabulary that will help readers understand this important phenomenon." - Travis Vogan, author of ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire"Sports have never only been about the games on the field. They are vehicles for the games layered on top of them—from college basketball brackets to fantasy teams to betting markets. Gaming Sports shows that these second-order activities are integral for leagues, media companies, fans, and sports themselves." - Jonathan D. Cohen, author of Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling

Jason Kido Lopez is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Redefining Sports Media and Self-Deception's Puzzles and Processes: A Return to a Sartrean View.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Second-Order Games and the Gaming Parlay1 Second-Order Gaming Structures and Cultures2 Second-Order Games' Media, Technology, and Legitimization3 Sports Leagues and the Gaming Parlay4 Sports Media and the Gaming ParlayConclusion: Legalized Betting and Gaming FuturesReferencesIndex

"Gaming Sports provides a long-awaited analysis and contextualization of the sports gambling pandemic. It valuably explains the long relationship between sports, gambling, and media while providing a critical vocabulary that will help readers understand this important phenomenon." - Travis Vogan, author of ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire"Sports have never only been about the games on the field. They are vehicles for the games layered on top of them—from college basketball brackets to fantasy teams to betting markets. Gaming Sports shows that these second-order activities are integral for leagues, media companies, fans, and sports themselves." - Jonathan D. Cohen, author of Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling

Jason Kido Lopez is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Redefining Sports Media and Self-Deception's Puzzles and Processes: A Return to a Sartrean View.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Second-Order Games and the Gaming Parlay1 Second-Order Gaming Structures and Cultures2 Second-Order Games' Media, Technology, and Legitimization3 Sports Leagues and the Gaming Parlay4 Sports Media and the Gaming ParlayConclusion: Legalized Betting and Gaming FuturesReferencesIndex

"Gaming Sports provides a long-awaited analysis and contextualization of the sports gambling pandemic. It valuably explains the long relationship between sports, gambling, and media while providing a critical vocabulary that will help readers understand this important phenomenon." - Travis Vogan, author of ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire"Sports have never only been about the games on the field. They are vehicles for the games layered on top of them—from college basketball brackets to fantasy teams to betting markets. Gaming Sports shows that these second-order activities are integral for leagues, media companies, fans, and sports themselves." - Jonathan D. Cohen, author of Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling