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Online Casinos and Women

At first glance, the online casino industry seems to be dominated by men. Most poker and blackjack players are men, right? Wrong, because the fairer sex now has found a way to succeed in a man's world. Studies have shown that more than half of all online gamblers are women. So before you think of online poker rooms full of fierce-looking men shouting expletives at one another, you should know that there are also women masquerading as men and vice versa. These players are often called "betrosexuals."

Betrosexuals are players who pose as members of the opposite sex in order to deceive other players or to gain an advantage over others. Since men always tend to belittle women especially in online casino games like poker, some men have taken advantage of the situation by masquerading as females and thus create an impression of weakness.

Real women, however, have taken an increasingly important role in the world of online casinos. Statistics have shown that 62% of women in the United States play poker at least once a week, and 1 in 6 poker players is a women. Because of this, some online casinos are already geared for a strictly female audience. One casino has a Ladies Only Forum and a few others have weekly Ladies Night programs with online casino games aimed for women players and gamblers. There are also online bingo sites catering to women.

What makes women play and gamble in online casinos just like men? A study by the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom has shown that most women turn to online gambling to get away from emotional problems, depression and failing relationships. There are also female gamblers who play online to relax and have fun after a hard day's work.

While it's a welcome development to have women compete side by side with men in games like poker, blackjack and craps, it's really difficult to tell if a player is a man or a woman. The presence of betrosexuals make it impossible to keep accurate statistics on the ratio of men vs. women in online casinos. The anonymity and privacy of the Internet allows anyone to disguise himself or herself as a member of the opposite sex. So that aggressive, loud-mouthed poker player at your online casino may well turn out to be a woman.

As a result of women's emergence as a powerful force in online gambling, the way online casinos are promoted may change forever. Promotional efforts may no longer be aimed purely at men but to women as well. So those sexy girls featured in the main pages of online casinos may soon include muscled men to entice women.