Monday, January 31, 2005

20% of Online Gamblers are Women

Online gambling soars in Britain

According to a report compiled by 888.com, online gambling in the UK has grown a massive 566% since 2003 - and this increase is attributed to the rise in female gamblers.

Apparantly, women represented only 4% of gamblers in the early 90's - but now more than 20% of British women visit a casino more than once a year.

Yougov appears to back this up, claiming that 30-40% of online gamblers in the UK are women - whilst Britain makes up 80% of Europe's online gamblers

I don't think there's any doubt to the fact the online gambling has grown in the last couple of years - especially with the boom in poker, however, I do have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of the growth also comes from online access to the National Lottery, as well as, to a much lesser extent, softer low stake gaming sites such as Jackpot Joy and Cyberslotz - rather than hard-gaming casino sites.. Of course, this is just my sneaky suspicion

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