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Hey y'all...Seriously, I've been having this running through my mind.. maybe it's been discussed but this is on a diverse objective.
Why is it that we tend to have alot of men inclined and addicted to gambling than women? Is there any mystery guiding that?
I mean, You ain't gonna telme that everyone isn't roofed by this economic crises - both gender to speak of - so what's so special about men gambling?? Alot of cases has been reported several times too - and y'all end up realizing that MEN are usually involved in very many critical cases... What's that validating? That men are really taking the whole thing personal??

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What does "and ya'll end" mean?  Yeah I would say there's no question that there's more men than women who gamble.  I think a large part of that might simply be history.  Woman through the ages were taught to do a lot of stuff differently than men, and it all stems from times where men went and drank, cursed and gambled while women were home makers.  So I think that gap has shortened now that women (at least in progressive nations) aren't viewed as just the "homemaker" anymore and are now more independent and judged as much for doing "manly" type things.

I also think women are typically more financially conservative/smart when it comes to saving money.  I've gathered this from years of working in finance.

No I disagree, gambling is not a man thing only, both gender can gamble if they want to and there's no mystery about it..

Gone are those days society and cultural settings makes us believe that women participating in gambling makes them look irresponsible and shame to the family. Today we have lots of women with gambling experience than many guys out there.

And from what I observe, I haven't heard or seen a single female gambling addicts it we have a lot of male gambling addicts which means women are more self controlling and responsible as gamblers.

Because men can risk more than women.

OP is very correct.


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Gambling used to be a predominantly guy thing, though at recent times, I'm seeing more and more girls also engaging into gambling activities. Even at work, I know 4 girls already that are so into gambling, especially sports betting, and they're good at it. The liberty of recent times that women received allow them to engage in what used to be 'guy only' things and that includes gambling. I guess you are just not exposed to a setting wherein women are openly gambling hence your conclusion that it is a guy thing.

Women have less financial commitment compared to men,  and that is why men have to take all the risks possible just to make headway to meet up with societal demands on him,  but then this day's women are getting more incline toward online gambling and phrase that used to say women gamble less or none at all is beginning to change and at the same time women have sort to gamble mostly online and in high privacy due to public discrimination against gender in gambling.

But ultimately while the male dominate gambling,  women also make up a good number of contemporary gamblers.

It would have been safe to say that about 60-70 years ago. It’s no secret that men gamble way more than women and that is due to the fact that in the ancient times, women mainly tended to the home while the men worked and had time for a drink or two and a game with friends before heading home for the day.

It probably was also frowned at by society when women wanted to do anything fun for themselves that didn’t entail looking after the home. The discrimination that went on in the past has now led to the wide gap between males and females who gamble.
Times have now changed and women could literally do anything they wanted. It’s now not a rare sight seeing a woman gamble but you wouldn’t expect the number of women who gamble to suddenly become comparable with that of the men any time soon.

 

I agree with your opinion. 100%. Women are conservative with anything that has to do with risks especially if the said activity is outside their control. I'd say that it can be attributed to the upbringing - most parents are often inclined not to take chances with girls and they end up growing with such mentality. If it involves too much risk or has uncertainty, they wouldn't want to touch it. It's not just in gambling but I've seen this happen in other facet of life like investment, risky ventures, etc.

It's an interesting finding, and you're right that men are more likely than women to develop a gambling addiction. Numerous elements, including social, cultural, and psychological ones, can have an impact on this behaviour. It's important to recognise that everyone has different experiences and makes different decisions. Even while there may be trends, not all men and women have a propensity for gambling.

The point flew across your head buddy. OP is asking us if there's something about us males that makes us gamble on a more personal level than females, seeing as we take it competitively sometimes and most of the gambling addiction cases fall in the laps of males. Sure people are now more than ever able to do whatever the fuck they want without gender stereotypes pulling them down, but the question is why of all genders do males take this thing on a more personal level.

As for OP's question, speaking for all males here, I think the reason is because we're hardwired to take things on a competitive level, life for a male even in today's standards is a never-ending competition with either other people, or yourself. With that in mind, males will take things seriously regardless of how mundane it may look from an outside perspective, which leads them to fall in situations like these where they don't even need to succumb to had they thought on a level-headed mindset. 

It is the common thought that makes a person think men are much into gambling than Women. There is nothing as guy thing, it is meant for everyone. More things can be seen specific for Women, but it is very rare to see a guy thing. The mentality to risk is the difference that makes more men into gambling against the number of women.

Another thing, it is the social structure that keeps women in a different track. Now those thoughts were broken and women have begun to come out and stand equal to men. By now it is time to ask why women are gambling more than the past.

Men are risk takers so maybe that's the reason why you can say that. But in reality not only men doing critical thing since there are women do some risky stuff or want to try new things since they want to explore fresh things to them. Also there's no actual gender about such stuffs since as long as anyone could take whatever they like for sure they will do that whatever it takes either on gambling or any other thing you imagine.

That used to be the perception decades ago its taboo to see women gambling, so back then people thought that gambling was a guy thing but things have changed dramatically.


Women and gambling-related harm: a narrative literature review and implications for research, policy, and practice (https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-019-0284-8)

We are now in a modern era where women are more liberated and handle higher positions in a company and society accept the role of woman in shaping the future.

It's just women's nature, they are more responsible and have more control of their emotions which they can apply to gambling by being the homemaker that they are.

It is a male dominant thing. Not as if women don't gamble or have gambling addictions too. After all there is a saying that say what a man can do , a women can do better.  Men love to have fun and gamble on anything not just soccer or casino games,  because they can, because that's how they bond, because what else would they do?

Gambling is a guy thing, but guys exist that do not gamble nor have the slightest idea how to. Maybe they didn't at an initial age hang out with friends or brothers who gambled, otherwise, show me your friends and I would show you who you are, works both ways for both males and females.

that's true, more women are into gambling nowadays maybe owed to less discrimination as compared to ancient times. also, basically anyone can access a gambling site these days. if you have the net and gadget, you can easily play anonymously. however, on the note that men are more into gambling than women, i believe this is because most women have other responsibilities like kids, home and other family matters. am not saying men are not responsible for these aspects but women are the ones taking care of their families and all the other stuffs in between, so they have less or no more time to gamble. besides, they will think of their budget before playing.

There are more men into gambling than women, so proportionally speaking it's normal there are more men addicted to gambling than women. It would be strange if it were the opposite. Anyway, there are also many women addicted to gambling, especially old ladies who spend a large portion of their pensions on this hobby, sometimes staying at casinos for long periods of time which might surpass 24 hours, as there are casinos offering meals, snacks and confortable chairs where it's possible to sleep.

Due to their greater interest in gaming than women, males actually gamble more frequently. Women rarely have the time for such activities since they prioritise maintaining their physical appearance and engaging in social activities, and they have low risk tolerance. Because of the responsibility to provide for their families, men are more likely than women to engage in gambling, become hooked to it, and become gambling addicts. Even though there are many different types of gambling, I believe that the fact that so few women are interested in sports may be the reason why so few of them gamble. Sports gambling is the most popular type of gambling, and because so few women are sports enthusiasts, so few of them gamble and very few of them develop gambling addictions. 

some people tend not to accept that there are things that only men like to do and there are also things that only women like to do, if we go to a physical casino and count the number of women that will be in the casino we will see that it will be a very large number. lower than the number of men who will be in the casino and even this small number of women who will be in the casino, most of them will be working or accompanying the man, few will be playing, this happens because the women take money and use it for other things like hair, make-up, clothes, housekeeping, going out.

there are few cases in which it will be heard that a woman took money that was intended to take care of the children to go play at the casino, but unfortunately there are many cases in which men take money that was intended to take care of the children and take it to play in the casino, some months ago there was a guy here on the forum who kept posting things like: "I went to a casino, I played all night and I won and then I drank a lot of beer and had sex with a lot of women " he posted this constantly, as he was a man society would not condemn much to him if he were to say this in public

but if it were a woman doing that kind of thing and then saying it in public then society would look at that woman as a prostitute, someone without character and who is not fit for marriage, men would look at that woman as someone who is only good for having sex only , this also happens with a woman who goes to a casino to play alone, people look at her in a negative way, obviously this makes women not risk going to casinos

When it comes to qualities of men then it would really be on the following;

1. Adventurous
2. Risk Taker
3. YOLO kind of living
4. Masculine approach on everything

This is why its not really that surprising that men do always get involved on things which are more that prone to risk and somethat that involves money making which includes gambling.
It is why we do always seen that there are more men play gambling that women because of the  fact that women doesnt like or want to lose money instead but since men are adventurous and
having that kind of impulse on which they could actually take advantage on almost everything then they would really be sharing up with the common approach on everything.
This is why its not really that shocking anymore that men are really that prone to disaster and this isnt something shocking.  8)

I believe gambling will always be dominated by men (whether in the past, now, or in the future).
Gambling is surely made not only for men, but it is basically more suitable for men than women. That's why we call it as a 'men stuff'. Even there are more women to join gambling, they are unlikely to dominate it. Most women prefer to avoid too risky stuff, only men who like the risky stuff. And only a few women think gambling is a fun stuff, most of them probably feel not happy since they hate to lose money.  ;D

Women aren't always known to be risk-takers, and might not have that much risk appetite, but that doesn't mean that they won't be able to gamble just like what men do. Some activities that used to be men-only, women are already doing, and that involves gambling. It might be 'suitable' for men due to their risk appetite, but calling it a 'guy thing' is like stereotyping. I might be reaching with my statements in here but in this day and age wherein we are given too much freedom, activities wherein men dominates, the women can also excel at.

Why men are smarter than women.

There is research linking gambling with high male IQ.... That's what a study published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making by academics from the University of Liverpool and the University of Eastern Finland says, they came to the conclusion that there is something interesting behind male IQs: men with high IQs are more prone to gambling.

More than 15,000 Finns took part in the survey and completed the IQ test required to enter the Finnish Defense Forces. The information was also intertwined with men's behavior regarding online gaming, social status, monetary income and family education.

The test was intended for men, as women are not required to enlist in the country, so the survey data will be aimed only at the male audience.

Obviously, the phrase I said at the beginning of this post is totally ironic. I believe that as with many other things, this is still just a matter of prejudice.

Yeah, I can't deny that, although that is fast changing. When you enter a casino today, at least from what I experienced here in my country, it's not anymore unusual to see women gamblers. Before, women gambling is frowned upon. That's the traditional view. Perhaps that's in relation to the traditional division of labor in the family in which women are usually assigned the house chores and of taking care of the children. Women seen gambling connotes they neglect their responsibilities. That was unfair. Everybody should be free to gamble.

It's because ever since we saw a woman going to the casino, they saw it as bad women and sluts. We know that if we see women in casinos, it is a head-turner, and again, women can get harassed there, so women tend to not go there and gamble, but if it is a safe space for both genders, for sure tons of women are still going there, and also, men are kind of risk takers or trying out their curiosity, which will start you doing gambling and getting addicted to it.

I guess it's all rooted in biology. Men are predominantly competitive and loves to be challenged while women are more the social and nurturing type. Another factor is probably the fact that men are mostly more logical and better decision makers when it comes to gambling while women are more erratic and tend to act more on emotion so it's not really ideal for betting.

Gambling is risky, and has always been a male-dominated activity. Viewing a woman gamble is completely out of the question; men generally perceive women who gamble to be insensitive because there are several recreational activities available to earn a negligible sum of money. Women have everything at their disposal, but gambling is absolutely an excellent road to choose. There will be both powerful men and average men present at the casino, and women may be present with their husbands but will not be encouraged to get involved.

Hello, we are in 2023...are there still two genders? Well on a serious note, there is a stereotype surrounding this, maybe culture thingy. Gambling is seen as an adventure and men are biologically wired to be more adventures than women. In personality psychology, men are high on extraversion which is the pleasure seeking, risk taking, and other adrenaline pumping activities. This is why there are more men in jails, more men addicted to drugs, more men builders and many others. Women on the other hand are not and those who are outliers are taught by the society to tone is down if not they would lose their femininity.  

Gambling is more of a male thing from what I have observed too, you are not wrong. There is no mystery behind it, it is just that gambling has the higher chance of appealing to males than females. There are more men willing to take risk to make money even if they lose money in the process, there are more men who love sports and games than women. There are more men who hang out in casinos, so gambling is more a male thing, and it is normal because there are some other things that we ladies like that do not interest the men at all.

In the past we had the same discussion about men more into gambling than women. You should have done a few search before creating this topic.Gender in Gambling [differences between Women and Men in Gambling] (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5456521.0)

The answer to your question is simple. Men think logically and have the ability to take risk. Women think emotionally and don't possess the courage to take risk. Gambling is a game of risk which requires logic to understand. That is why you will find more men than women.

Men can go to any lent to achieve their goals and only very few women are wired this way, in my country when a woman is strong and do things that a man is supposed to do we call her a man-like woman.

Men takes risks more than women and that's because all responsibility relies most on men, but things are now changing, women are not been exposed to extra hard work because of the world economy, men can't do it alone anymore, their wives need to support or risk becoming a widow some day.

The different is men can handle risks more than women, females are more emotionally, that's why it's hard for them to trade or take risky part to make money, though men have emotions too but some have no choice than to take the risky ways, after all they are men.

For me this can be because men want to do better and provide better things to their family in the first place,they just don't go randomly to the casino be it offline or online without any clear objective in mind.Men also are not as much afraid as women are in this topic as they think that they will still recover even if they realize a miserable failure by losing everything in the casino.

If a woman loses everything,she is more emotional than a man as a person and the consequences of lost sessions,especially big ones affect a woman more than affects a man and as such I think this to be the main reason why men are more addicted to gambling than women.

I disagree with you...

I know several female gamblers and women that I have met in online gambling chat rooms. I also know of several female gamblers that had gambling problems and they stole money from their employer and had to go to jail for that.

Just go to a "Brick n mortar" casino and observe the people there and you will quickly see that there are a bunch of women gambling at those casinos. A lot of them are older couples that are doing this for entertainment and excitement in a safe environment.  ;)

Ego, Pride, Testosterone, and the will to win.
Those emotions keep the men gambling especially when they are in the losing mode. They are chasing the losses so they tend to stay gambling until they are wrecked.
But let's also face it, there are loads of women in the gambling industry now because of it's easy-to-access feature. Either online gambling casinos or sports betting I have seen husband and wife doing both.
In my case though, my wife doesn't really care about it. She doesn't play anything but she listens to whatever made I bet or how much especially if it's about the NBA. She likes it when I bet for her preferred team.
Men may be prone to addiction but it's all about discipline and control. It can be done with a good plan to follow.

Most women don't have the financial resources to gamble. They are unemployed and depend on their husband's family support. You don't expect a housewife to gamble because she doesn't have paid employment to raise funds for gambling. But the majority of the male counterparts are gainfully employed so they can afford to spend money on gambling.

Another issue is social stigma. In societies where gambling is seen as immoral, women tend to stay away from gambling or hide it from the public. In such societies, men can gamble freely but women are expected to stay clear of gambling. An example is smoking in the public. Women cannot smoke cigarettes or others in my country without criticism because it is seen as men's behavior.

There is no mystery why more men are addicted to gambling than women. But maybe it's because men spend more of their free time playing gambling than women, who use their free time to relax.

And there doesn't seem to be any personal reason why men gamble more than women. But maybe men find a challenge in gambling while women do not see it as a challenge but an endless waste.

Am on course with OP, maybe you just not getting my own point, maybe you need to reread the thread's title again.

It's mostly taken that gambling is a guys thing and we can see a good number of guys in gambling than women, it's like 10 men to 1 woman in any gambling house you walk in, so it shouldn't be surprising that the high level of competition coming from guys, they are higher in number as gamblers.

A group of guys could be having a drink at a pub and later decide to hit a casino house, but the likelihood of women taking that decision is slim as they rather go to club , so I might agree with OP to an extent that gambling is mainly a guys thing than it is for women.

As a matter of fact, some women are risk-takers while some even have more minds to do this more than some men, only that a little fraction of them qualifies for this remark. What I see here is that most women see life differently, partcicularly at the financial angle and they believe they are less emburdened like we men as many are even shouldering their responsibilities on the men. This makes them rather do more honourable things to earn money than men who are desperate. But for men, since they don't have anyone to shoulder their responsibilities, and still have themselves and more to cater for and impress, they however engage in all kinds of deals that would bring in money, which includes gambling.

Can not reveal about this mystery because this is more to the majority of men than women, maybe because the demands of men are greater then spend more on gambling to win more, not infrequently a man can still rely on gambling as their income or can also be an additional income.

Often finding women gambling in online casinos I see that's how women's habits can be seen, but you can count how many women do that but men take this risky challenge more than women.

If a woman who is already a wife is more prohibited than all in high-risk actions, for example gambling, then it would be very natural if women are less in action in gambling.

It's not true either, but indeed in the majority it is that men gamble more because they also make a living for their families and not so many women because maybe women tend to be more concerned about having a career and pursuing higher education, but even if there is a woman who gambles maybe she doesn't have a job and higher education so may have financial problems that make them gamble.

But as we can see now that not all women pursue their education and become career women, many are also struggling to become online gamblers, I often see that in coffee shops, I think almost many female gamblers are looking for entertainment or looking for side money at online casinos. but apart from that there is no need to think critically at this time about gambling, gambling at this time is also for women because there are already very many online casinos available.  ;)

Men are more physical than women and even the women in the house leave out more tedious chores for the men, the parents themselves in division of labour give more physical labour to the boys. That masculinity is passed on to even taken care of the family, the wife do more lesser jobs than the husband. In terms of employment, I have seen men selected for physical jobs. However, most of those sex roles are changing and you see women taking more tedious job assignments than men. They now take risk like men and that is why the gambling field that used to be male dominated is also changing. Women also gamble now, they take risk and want to meet up with family daily needs because many are fast becoming bread winners because of the absence of men in the family for whatever reason including death. And the men are fast loosing their jobs.



It is worthy to note that it is a male dominated world. In the bible, God already gave dominion to men, at least it was recorded that Adam named all the animals  ;D

I won't completely say that gambling is a guy thing. There are women like me who bet on sports and do research before placing a bet. Primarily guys are the one known to take risk. Sometime that risk can lead them into misery & debt. Which of course would affect their family. A gal would not take unnecessary risk as she wouldn't want her family suffer because of her. You would still find a girl gambling in a social event. Such as card games like poker and they do win without any issue.

There's no mystery with that because it seems that almost every activity, there are more men.

There's the stereotype whenever a woman gambles and that's why it's expected to see that the majority of the gamblers are just men. But if you look at many situations, there are in some specific casinos where it chooses no gender and women there are also hyper in gambling.

It's more of an individual Sandra that takes gambling seriously because when your money is on the line, it's like that your life is on it as well and you don't wanna lose it.

answer is still the same as my answer in another thread about this, that is, men are money earners and women are more concerned with the economy. I mean men are destined to make money for women and women dont want to waste money on things that are not useful or prefer to use their money to buy their family needs. from here it is very clear that between men and women have their respective responsibilities so that men will be more prone to making money in all things even though they are always at risk but men always take risks for the sake of money.
whereas for women they really think about something that is risky or rather they will not take something that is very risky because every money spent will always be carefully calculated.

I think there are very few female gambling addicts because women actually have good control over gambling but unfortunately they dont really have a high interest in gambling.

Most of the women are housewives due to which they are very weak financially.  Many women who are able to earn money in some way gamble. And most of the men earn money and try to earn and that is why men are involved in various activities.  Money is the source of everything. Hence, men gamble more than women. Another thing is that men are more risk takers than women.  Due to this, men are more involved in various activities

The only explanation that I've read is that women is risk averse,

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/risk-averse


And I do believed that this is the case, at least from the women that I've talk about gambling. Although I've seen girls and women at any age gamble in land based casinos, still they are outnumbered by men as we take a lot of risk.

Yet those ladies that gambler in land base casino or gambling houses, go there with their male friends and boy friends. These ladies are usually youths and young age, they are accompanied by the male folks as they don't like going those places alone because of what society or people will say about them working in there, even when they are seen with guys, they are also talked about especially in African culture. This is to say that such places and activities of gambling was for the exclusive of the male folks and women hardly and freely do those but when they are doing it, mostly likely a male is involved.

There's no such gambling is a guy thing, anyone regardless it's gender e.g. transgender, non binary etc are allowed too.

I don't see any reason why we need to correlate something with another thing, is gamble only for an Atheist, so a Christian or Muslim must not to gamble? is gamble only for the rich? so a poor or middle class must not to gamble?

In my opinion, women have to spend a lot of time on their appearance, family, children, cooking and cleaning, so they have much less free time than men. By the way, women are less interested not only in gambling, but also in computer games, sports and other hobbies. For example, walking down the street you can notice a column of bicyclists. Note that the number of women is always much less than men. The same thing happens in the ranks of runners.

Statistically and individually, the world of gambling can cause big problems, from an economic perspective, stress, risk and so on, as well as the games that are played, for that it is clear that men dominate more than women in gambling.

Basically women don't like to take risks and women don't really like to waste money on something that isn't clear, besides that women have a higher sense of shame than men, the way men and women think is different, women prefer real rather than imagination, in contrast to men, their imagination is quite high, most men have fancy fantasies without having to work. Gambling is the main choice of most men.

So, it's undeniable if you see more men than women in gambling, many women don't like challenges, while men have greater emotional challenges, unlike women, they can only cry when problems occur. men don't.

You are right, women spend more time at home to take care of everything at home, including the needs of their children and husband while at home and also their appearance.
while men have to go out to earn a living with other needs outside so that men are more outside than at home.
and why more men are addicted to gambling because they want to make money for their family, and rarely women gamble for the purpose of making money and most likely for their fun or entertainment and not to play excessively.

This is definitely true, most women are filled with lots of activities that they don't even have enough time for gambling. Most women these days are focused on making money through online opportunities while taking care of their kids and families at the same time.
Women are not into gambling too much simply because they usually focus on other things and they aren't into risky activities such as gambling as they already know the possible effect that it might cause us. Women's instinct is always advanced and they always think of the future.

I don't quite agree with the fact that women dream less than men or they are less prone to excitement, most likely women have a higher level of self-preservation, therefore, on a non-subconscious level, they try to protect themselves from the negative emotions that many gamblers experience during a loss.

In my opinion, the main argument that women spend less money on entertainment than men is that women mostly invest money in themselves.

What are you basing this on? Every study i've seen seen is  that women dominate gamblinconfirming that when it comes to slots, majority of users are women and slots are proving most income to casinos. Even online casinos. And amount of women participating to it has just been constantly rising.

The fact that men are dominating sports betting is another issue. That has always seem to be a a guy thing, and that could be because only recently people have been taking women sports seriously. And naturally it's hard to be interested / enthusiast about something where your whole gender has traditionally not been taken seriously.

We have female friends who are also addicted to online gambling on several existing sites, even though the way they play is different from us men. No one knows for sure why more men are involved in gambling than women.

I've read some news regarding psychology and the tendency of women and men to act, no one knows whether this relationship can validate your desire to know this case or not. Women use the heart every time they are involved in some things and take a lot of consideration when spending money, so this is the reason why women are less involved in gambling.

Men use logic to move to do something and our habits are extravagant when it comes to spending money, so getting involved in gambling to spend money is not a big problem, because there may be hope of winning in gambling is that carried out even though no is certainty regarding winning. At least that's what I thought?

Have you ever asked yourself on why are women do attach to cooking at home and in doing house chores than men? Maybe we could find an answer to why men were so inclined to gambling than women as well, you have to know that this life itself is not balanced, we cannot have equal numbers of women to men at population counts and so we are not going to have men and women share equal rate of participation in gambling, it's a choice women make not to attached themselves much on anything that tends to take away money from them, they are weak at taking risk.

Women are not as adventurous as men. And men are more pressured to make money than women. It's why even gambling is somewhat of an option for men to make money. Not everyone will gamble because of their needs but usually, men are going to try to provide for their families by working in a noble way, and if it doesn't work then some other ways like gambling.  It's still one way to make money.

For women, most of them will ask help from friends who can offer some jobs for them. Seem easy life for women and parents always provide for them.

Perhaps you could enhance the survey results you've reviewed to ensure better validity. While I fully agree that women have the same right to gamble as men, my observations on TikTok live streams reveal that women are predominantly engaging in gambling activities like lotteries and slots. This suggests that internet accessibility has transformed gambling habits, which were historically associated with men, enabling women to freely participate in any gambling.

To me it must be because in both western and eastern cultures of this world, women who are seen as gamblers suffer stigma and are more likely to be rejected by people living in their same communities.

It is not the same to see a guy spending the whole night rolling dices or playing slots than a woman, in the first case we are already used to it, because popular culture in movies and TV series.

Also, in cultures where women are more likely to earn less than men, it would make sense women would gamble less, since they cannot afford to lose what they get.

Gambling for men is a natural thing because most of them like challenges and bets and most of the gambling players are men. But it is possible for a woman to play gambling because it is everyone's right to do so.

But if there are further questions, when you marry a woman are you willing to marry a gambler?

For me personally, I don't want to marry a woman who likes to gamble because I'm afraid we will both be carried away by gambling. Even though a gambler is a bit naive not wanting to marry another gambler, but the reason I chose an ordinary woman who doesn't like to play gambling, for me to marry with the aim that if later I get carried away by gambling then at least someone reminds me and makes me aware of this by the people closest to me .

You know, @Sandra_hakeem, even in the past, there were more male gamblers than females. There's a belief that women are so soft-hearted that they cannot bear a huge loss, and perhaps ladies usually want their money to be invested in something that they think will earn them more profit or something that can bring good value in return. As such, I think that's why the majority of women don't gamble. Perhaps if you take a look at the state of the economic system in some countries, it's not really easy for some citizens, which even gives enough reason to females not to joke with their finances, but guys are always the risk takers. A guy can decide not to eat, stay in the casino from morning till night, go back home with his heart full of regrets for not winning anything, and angrily sleep hungry till the next day. Those are sh*ts that ladies cannot really pass through. Gambling is really a general thing, not just specifically for one gender, but for some reasons, guys seem to be more plentiful in that space, but that doesn't really mean it's just a guy thing.

Men are generally risk takers. They take risks in order to meet up with their numerous commitments.  A large percentage of women don't take risks. They would not want to engage in investments that comes with uncertainties. This also has to do with the fact that women are emotional people.  Many can't bear the outcome of gambling if things go sour.

While some studies suggest differences in risk tendencies between men and women, it's important to remember that individual risk preferences can vary widely within each group. There are numerous women who exhibit high risk propensity and many men who prefer to avoid uncertainty. Perceptions of risk can be heavily influenced by education, personal experience, and the environment in which individuals were raised.

Men are more into gambling than women because women are very cautious in spending money and they are weak at risk taking. Men can bear risk than women.

It all depends on how they go with their gambling activities and the mindset that they have towards gambling. There was a lady of 23 years that was a gamble addict in my neighborhood, she goes as far as lying to get money from people just to gamble.

to be honest. I don't know why it's like that. Gambling shouldn't be limited to just males; it's also for females. Personally, I know a lot of female friends who are engaged in gambling activities and even sports betting, not just slot games.

For example, I sometimes gamble with my best friend, who is a girl and on football games too. It's so much fun to watch games together and place bets. I understand that the majority of women may not be interested in gambling, but there are certainly some who are really into it.

Whether we do like it or not, its not really just that limited to males when it comes to gambling thing and its true that there would really be just that common impression that women or females are really that been

looked down when it comes to some various things which we do see that they shouldn't really be here or be dealing up with something that male could be able to handle out. There's always that kind of gender inequality kind of approach when it comes to some things which it isnt that shocking or new anymore. People would really be always be having that impression but to know that there's no such thing about prohibition
for women to engage if ever they would really be tending on doing so. No one does have the right nor really have the power on telling on what a certain person must do.Its her money and if she decides to gamble
it out then its none of our business.

Lets just stop on having that kind of approach or impression that women shouldn't really be touching up this space which is really that very wrong.
Gambling isnt really that complicated for women or females wont really be able to know on how its been done. Its just that pretty basic.

Simply put, gambling has always been dominated by men since gambling was invented. Isn't it obvious, that in history alone we can very well describe and imagine it. in fact, gambling is more dominated by men. about addiction, actually does not refer to gender. After all, addiction can happen to anyone, both men and women. it's just that, in most cases, men and women have a lot of differences, don't they. obviously, this is what makes it that men always dominate.

Now we can access gambling through the smart devices we have, wherever we want and without exception. in this era, gambling is not only for men. in the digital era, women can also access it without the knowledge of most people. online gambling, more privacy than traditional gambling. In the past, most women were reluctant to visit land-based casinos despite the fact that there were always women who played in land-based casinos. but usually, most women spend more on their hobbies on other things that are the opposite of what men do. but in this era, gambling no longer questions gender, especially online casinos. there are many women who are addicted to gambling, although basically it is still the men who dominate.

If you look at other statistics like the number of people in prison, homeless people, successful people, etc. everywhere the largest percentage are men. It is obvious that men are more radical (due to testosterone?) and if they are fond of something, they go to the end. Gambling is another area where this theory works.

In my country, it is used as "you all" or " you will" but I don't know the meaning from Op's country. And normally it is written "y'll".
Gambling is dominated by men because in those days, women were meant to stay at home and do house chores while the man was to go out and look for food and bring it home. So as the process of his search for food he world do different things to bring food to the table in his home. So gambled and gambling became man's focus and as the world advance feminism come to an existence whereby some women claimed that what man can do they can also do it, so we of the women started doing what men were doing.

From this perspective, few women went into casino halls and gamble and some society if a woman is found in a gamble hall, everyone would looked at her differently so women are shame to see by other women of their age found in gambling halls so they leave gambling to men but few of them are still doing it but men dominate it. Women are shame to be seeing in the halls while take it has their daily hustling that will one day provide food for their table with big amount.

I think it's more about decision-making because men are sometimes braver to do that than women.
But it doesn't mean that it's entirely like that because if we look at both online and offline sites because there are also women who do it, it's just that the ratio is quite striking between women and men.
But if there is a woman who becomes an addict, her courage will be much greater than men where they can even do things that men don't even think about just because they want to carry out their gambling desires.
There are cases that I have read of women who even abandon their children because they lost their gambling (although men also have similar cases) but when women do it I think this is a much more courageous act especially when it is their own biological child and she gave birth to the child.

There are so many subtle influences and there is not one particular reason for it. You could say that women are more sensible with money, in many cases they have other commitments that come first, in the past they have earned a fair chunk less than men so had less disposable income - which they might also choose to spend on things like fashion or beauty instead of frittering it away for a quick buzz. If we're talking about sports betting, there are plenty of women who watch sport but it's still considerably less than men, they're also more likely to be just watching the prime sports instead of things like horse racing. Collectively it just creates a whole bunch of reasons for the behavior you've observed.

See you're talking about one thing and then saying another. You're literally talking about gender dynamics in gambling and how there's no disparity in your previous comment and now you're basically retracting it by saying that men dominates this space, completely against the previous post you made which doesn't even make sense cause OP's asking about what's the deal about men becoming more prone to gambling addiction than women. I gotta give props to your second post though cause now you've hit the spot and have given OP a comment that's in line with her post lol.

I've read the title and have read the post, no way I'm gonna go after you like that if I knew I was in the wrong.

Tell me, in what stretch of the imagination does this make sense when OP's asking for the reasons why men dominate the gambling space, including the demographic of people who are addicted to gambling?

Actually, gaming doesn't limit gender, right, because anyone can do this. but it really seems that more men than women are interested and then even get addicted to gambling. Because basically, gambling is high risk, requires extraordinary emotional and mental control, and must have certain skills to become an expert in gambling. But usually women tend to be unstable in terms of risk management and emotions on things that are high risks. They are already think a lot about many things and are suddenly faced with high risk gambling, maybe they won't last long. What's more, even though men are usually more logical, when addicted to gambling, it could be that their logic really decreases and they can't think long. But that doesn't mean there aren't women who are addicted to gambling, yes, they still do. but it seems there are more men.

I'd say that it has to do with the general tendency toward risk-taking and the pleasure derived from doing that.

But the question is interesting and one that I thought must have been answered and investigated before, but I guess there are still many things unanswered. From my own experience I think the risk-taking pleasure is one important aspect where men and women are different from each other and, of course this can only be said about the average men and women. There are differences on an individual level, but considered a statistical set I think it is true that men are more inclined than women to take risks for different reasons.

Men also cause more car accidents and the younger the drivers, the more often it is men if I remember that correctly.

Regarding alcohol, it is again the men (https://www.experiencerecovery.com/blog/men-women-alcoholic-difference/#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20some%20estimates%20suggest,and%20only%2026%2C000%20are%20women.).

"In fact, some estimates suggest that men are as much as four times more likely to be afflicted with alcoholism than women. This is evidenced by a NIAAA report, which states that of the 88,000 people who die every year from alcohol-related death, an astounding 62,000 are men and only 26,000 are women."

I think men also have the tendency to cause even further harm instead of trying to do good when they are running into problems. Again this is only on average, but I know of many cases where someone chose to do the obvious wrong thing in response to a problem and I think women would have rarely chosen the same course of action.

Because men and women have different thoughts, women are more careful in using money because the opportunity to earn an income is not the same as men, also women will still do a lot of work when they are married and have children, and I think women will be smarter to be able to stop from activities that can lead to addiction because women have more responsibility.
Men will still be free to seek pleasure outside with their friends even though they are married, and men are more free to use their income even though he is the one who has to provide for their family.
However, from the reasons above, it is because men gamble more that we will hear stories of men who are addicted more often than women, but there can still be women who are addicted, but it's just that they are not exposed by the media so it seems they are free from gambling addiction.

It is because of the stereotype that men are usually the hardworkers. In a family, the father is the one that works hard to earn money and the mother just receives and budget it until the next salary.

Anyway, married or single, these men are pressured to have more source of income when they know that their salary is not enough to build their future. They tend to see gambling as the way that will give it to them. Many of men's are willing to take risk in their life. While if a women is in the same situation, majority of them will just go with the flow and wait for the opportunity to earn more knock at them. They tend to be conservative and very careful before spending their money.

In general it has been historically because it was frowned upon, it was much more frowned upon for women, it was seen as a male thing, so you weren't going to see women gambling. It started to become normalised a century ago or so, but it continued to be mostly for men. And only in the last decades, especially in the last 15 years or so with the generalisation of mobile phones, as it is easily accessible without anyone seeing you, has the percentage of women gambling increased significantly, although it is still a predominantly male vice.

I don't think so because men's expenses are not that big, but they often use their money for other things that may not be needed. This is different from what women do regarding spending because maybe women already have a definite list of monthly expenses. But it depends on each person because their expenses will also vary. And it will be different if they are already married because they will prioritize the interests of their family rather than having fun. So maybe there will be more men who gamble than women.

Gambling statistics vary from region to region due to various cultural and social factors. In some places the number of female gamblers is slightly more and in some places, less. However, women are undoubtedly less prone to gambling than men. Men at every level of society are always involved in financial activities while gambling is purely related to money. So men are more likely to be ahead in gambling. There are also countries where women are only confined to housework so gambling is not an easy task for them. Also, women are not more likely to take risks than men. Even the percentage of women is slowly increasing but it will never surpass the men.

Let me come straight to the fact, Do you believe that women are financially successful? I mean 50/50, no right then it will explain why they can't afford to bet.

Even if we reach the stage of 50/50, I don't think women will be spending their money on bets because AFAIK they just lad up everything in their shopping which means they prioritize different things than man but still there is no restriction for women to gamble and since we hit the internet era then we don't even know women are not gambling!

Men are natural breadwinner so they'll be taking more risk and looking for ways to bring money to their family and since job isn't surplus in the world, men are turning to gambling in trying to bring money to their family. This means men are the higher percentage of gamblers.

Gambling isn't only a men thing as anybody can gamble, both genders and other genders can gamble but men do it more that's just the difference. Some culture prevents women from participating in gambling in public but with the introduction of online casino, more women are gambling.

Online casino makes it difficult to know who has a higher percentage of gamblers as we mightn't know if the woman are taking the lead since there's no way to verify who is playing at the end of the computer and KYC can't give an accurate data since KYC images can be bought.

That's absolutely true and if you look at the statistics on financial expenditure then women are clearly bigger than a man, maybe a lot of men do useless things for fun but that's nothing but having fun in the gambling industry.
Someone who is married must prioritize family needs and a man is the head of the family who is responsible for meeting the needs of his family so anything will be done but there are also many people who have lost their minds leaving their families just because have become a gambling addict.

In other words, women are more disciplined compared to men, just like how they handle money. I am not saying all, but the majority of what I've known is that women are good at handling money, mostly for family or needs. Even right now, most of the people I've known say that their husbands money always goes to their wifes, and the staff starts to budget. Most women tend to make sure that their budget is enough and not want to take risks like gambling.

Partly I agree with you, but as it seems to me women are more pragmatic in their outlook on life, because from birth they are programmed for the continuation of the family, keeping the hearth, and for this it is necessary to have means of subsistence, that is why most of them would rather have $100 in their wallet than risk them in gambling and it is quite a rational approach to money. Men, on the other hand, are more prone to both risks and rash actions, especially in a fit of excitement.

No, it's not a male thing, although I agree that males outnumber women when it comes to gambling. Perhaps it has something to do with how people used to interpret gambling. The same is true for other activities such as contact sports. Also, because of the nature of men, we have always been involved in more risky domains. There are numerous papers or research on why this is the case; simply search for it on Google.

Well, yeah, things relating to this has been discussed several times on the forum, but still never tired of discussing this over and over again.
If i should start explaining this based on my understanding of the whole thing, i did spend the whole day typing, but to make it brief and short, i will say that this started from way back, it all based on believe of our fore fathers, women never got involved in gambling in the old days, gambling was meanly for men, and women were confined in their kitchen, making meals , bathing and taking care of the children, and keeping the house clean while men were outside gambling.

But in our world today, civilization is changing everything, it is of recent that women started getting involved in gambling, this is why there are still very few women that gambles and almost no addiction record on them, but men have been gambling from way back and today, we find many who are addicted.

Maybe it's nature for us men to venture on risky stuffs so gambling is likely one of the thing that we may get addicted to. I don't know what's special about men gambling but I guess we just want honor or something that they are involved on risky stuff.

You seem not to get it about the cultural perspective on how it affects the number of women participating in gambling and this is because our locations differs and what's obtained in my immediate environment with yours is not same and it's obvious from our comments about the OP topic.

I wouldn't want to stress much about my first comment cause it is something subjective, but in my objectiveness I think I have a clear understanding now of not just the OP's topic but your comment too @Casdinyard.

That's just the fact, there are quite a good number of women involve in gambling as well but in a minimal percentage as compared to men because of their fragility in nature. Gambling is something that has to do with taking risk and women have no tolerance for risking too much. The pain and endurance men can handle is incomparable to women counterpart when it comes to gambling. What women derive pleasure in is a mere petty things like movie, games and gossip if they're in group discussion rather than risking their hard earned money on gambling.

Are you seriously able to support your family from the results of gambling. Seriously bro.. Gambling is just about fun and a hobby for a man, and how is it possible for a man to support his family from the results of gambling because the results are not certain. Even though you have the ability to gamble, this still doesn't guarantee that you can earn money so you can provide for your family.

As a man and the backbone of the family, you must have a permanent job or business, so that you have a clear income to be able to support your family. And we need to manage the finances we have by separating money for family needs and money for gambling. Don't use money for your family's needs to play gambling, because remember, bro... if you lose, it's not only you who are miserable, but your children and wife will be miserable too.

Well… that's right bro, don't let us join in like this. playing gambling to the point of forgetting responsibility as head of the family. family is still the top priority.

Gambling is for everyone, regardless of gender, whether women or men, gambling is not a guy or a woman thing. But why do men gamble more in my opinion because the majority of men are more likely to take risks than women and most men need more entertainment to release their fatigue from their busy lives or problems. Most women think that gambling is not very important, and they tend to think that instead of spending their money on gambling it is better to use it to buy skincare or other more important things. Maybe that's what causes more men in gambling.

from some of the replies, your reply I really understand and this is the right answer. because it is obvious that men are more dominant in making money or it can be said that men have the responsibility to earn more money with any business.
on one because of destiny men have a mindset that often likes to take risks for the sake of success to get money but for women have a mindset that is very careful in spending their money. so that very many men are successful and the rest are only a few women who are successful with any business and this is as much gambling as you say.

I would like to add another reason: men are often the family's breadwinners. They need high-paying jobs. They will turn to gambling simply because gambling is like a job. They can make a lot of money quickly, and yes, they can accept the misfortunes of loss. Suppose a woman has to take care of all the money in the house. I think they will also see gambling as a place to make money. They will also be addicted to gambling like men.

Gambling will be an entertaining game for people with abundant financial resources, but sometimes also a job for those who want to earn quick money to cover living expenses in the family, but risky—very high loss.

In the history of gambling it's been noted the number of men is greater than that of women when it comes participation, right from time men have been more involved in it and there are many factors that has hindered the involment of men to gambling than women so it would be very okay to put into consideration that the number of men that suffer from gambling should be greater than that of men based of the difference in their population sizes, however gambling is not generally a men thing but for both genders just that men take it more seriously than women.
 Also when it comes to risk taking men are better risk takes and would always look for possible solutions to settle their financial needs since it is their duty to provide for both women and the  family at large, and if you do some findings you'll under that most women get the money used in gambling from men and it's even the men that takes their women to casinos and provide funds they use to gamble sometimes, i feel on of the reasons why men have a greater population than men is because when it comes to entertainment women have other better options they feel they could get entertained from like movies, music, or even gossip with fellow women lol.

Yes, that's right, indeed the comparison between live casinos and online casinos is very different, maybe in a live or land casino we all see that there are more male gamblers there, but that doesn't mean that women shouldn't play gambling, because basically women also have the right to play. gamble anywhere whenever he wants. especially now that there are online casinos where everyone can play.

Men and women now have almost equality in gambling in online and offline casinos or land casinos, because there is no longer gambling only for men because now women can play gambling even wherever they want, even though we have never met female gamblers. in land-based casinos and maybe they are more likely to gamble in online casinos using their mobile phones.

You are also right because every financial expenditure made by women is always based on what their families need, while what men do is often not what their families need. This makes many men gamble secretly so their wives don't find out because if they do, they will fight. A married man will prioritize the needs of his family and will do anything to ensure that his family's needs are met. And maybe this is why men play gambling to make money from gambling.

It is true that women are more disciplined than men in handling money. They already have a list of their expenses so they won't buy things their family doesn't need. And that's why women always try to fulfill all the money given to them every month to meet the needs of their families. So it is possible that gambling is an activity that is often used by men for entertainment while women do not gamble too often or even never gamble.

For me, it has to do with the past wherein most women are staying at home to take care of the kids, do the cleaning of the house, cooking, and any other household-related chores. That tradition was practiced in nearly all parts of the world and even this is still observed in many countries. So men are the ones earning money so they are usually the ones having the luxury to spend it for entertainment which includes gambling.

In modern and open countries, there are already a lot of changes far from the early traditions. Inside a large mall here in our city, there is also a big bingo game place where I always observed that most players are mostly women.

Not really, that's because majority of the gambler are men, so you think gambling is a guy thing. Similar like working in engineering sector where majority are full of men. Do cheating or having sex is a guy thing? it look like it's, but obviously not.

Majority of women prefer to spend their money to skincare, vacation or night club, not in gambling.

Sure, they’re are a lot of women who get addicted to gambling but I disagree with your point about a woman seeing gambling as a way to make money if they’re the breadwinner of the home.
There are a lot of women who work hard and manage their household finances without having to resort to gambling to make some money.

I think people who see gambling as a job in order to earn money and perhaps get rich enough to cover one’s living expenses are delusional. You don’t get a steady weekly or monthly paycheck from gambling. For that, one would have to get an actual job.

Well  it is not really a guy thing to gamble. It just happened that more men are engaging to gambling than women.
I've read one article entitled "Examining Gender Differences for Gambling Engagement and Gambling Problems Among Emerging Adults" which is a study of G. Wong and her Colleagues, year 2013. According to that study; findings have revealed that men are having higher level of risk-taking and lower level of impulsive coping than women  which creates tendencies of engaging into gambling activities. Men are also having higher social anxiety than women which is why men are having higher chances to be problematic with gambling. But I do think that it is still driven by initiative. For me, men are just straight forward and are just embracing the risk because it is a bit of a shortcut to something better. While women are just less into risk taking and are more seeking efficiency than with men.

Indeed, for men gambling is a natural thing because it is his style, fun and hobby, but for women I think they are being impudent.

Indeed, when talking about gambling, it is not limited to young or old and male or female. However, when I see women playing gambling, it feels like that... the same thing as when I see women who are drunk and smoking, it just feels weird because this is not their style. And maybe this is because I have never talked to female gamblers so I don't know the exact reason they gamble. Also because most gamblers are men which allows this to be a separate perception of women who like to gamble.

There are also some women who like to gamble, it is based on everyone's preferences not because of gender entirely. mostly men who gamble because several studies show that men tend to have an impulsive attitude, while women tend to have a more careful attitude when making a decision and think about the consequences and risks for the long term. It is more than a concept of decision making that is different for men and women. The majority of women do spend a lot to beautify themselves and some are happy with their work.

Hi, Sandra_hakeem or Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Women play in the same percentage as men depending on the type of game, it is a false belief that women have low betting habits or do not access pc games (etc) in "stampede" like man.

At least in this part of the Western world, imho, not including the cultural affairs of certain countries.

If you enter a land-based casino, in fact if it is a bingo room, the proportion of women is above 50% and if you enter the slots, it is almost always the same story, when you go to table games like blackjack, poker, roulette and there if things change, I would say that it is 80-20(%).

Now the issue that men are more inclined to gambling, where is the study that supports your feeling, is more a matter of what was mentioned above, a woman is addicted to gambling in the proportion of the game that she is passionate about.

Now, it is not possible to cover up or despising your idea radically, because socially it is the sensation that it always leaves, but believe me it is a stigma more than a reality, it is like the fallacy that the infidels are men, in my opinion in that sense the Women have greater responsibilities associated with their role as mother and wife, therefore they are willing to assert responsabilities it, better than men.

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If you look at the top of the pyramid, then men are certainly dominant, but I think (if you remember about all their negative records) that it is worth taking some average indicators - it is obvious that there are more women in the middle of the pyramid. Therefore, probably on average, no one dominates. If we draw a gambling analogy, then men are the ones who go all in more often (and obviously as a result they dominate among the total losers and among those who win the most) and women play more carefully.

Why does is seem like it is obligatory that it's only men that must look for money by all means,Gambling is not a thing that gives joy,and if you have been a victim of gambling,you cant advice someone to actually become addicted to it,but in this part of the word,since it looks as if it's men that are placed with the responsibility of looking for money by all means,but i have actually seen women that gamble too,but when we see those kind of girls or women,we label them untrained,or something in us seems to tell they are irresponsible,but while we are gambling,nothing in us tell us we are going astray because as far as I'm concerned, gambling has done us more harm than good.So to me,it is not even safe to say gambling is a guy thing.

Gambling is not a people thing and gambling is usually played by everyone, it is not compulsory and now a days men as well as girls are very skilled. With the modernity the appearance of gambling has changed but it should be played only as a means of entertainment. Addictiveness puts people at risk. Risk is what drives the interest in participating in the game, not personal enjoyment or harm. When risk taking for profit becomes central to society, the long standing culture of slowly increasing income in exchange for labor seems redundant. It is never safe and he gets easily discouraged from gathering the same amount of safe food every day. Gambling causes harm and gambling cannot be stopped, unless the person addicted to gambling stops it with their own morale.

The most probable reason for that is the difference in the nature of both genders. Women tend to be more patient and fewer risk-takers when it comes to things involving finances, and when it comes to gambling, we all know that it is all about taking risks, you risk your own money to get some more with it, but the chances of losing the money are higher than winning something on top of it, and women don't like deals like that because they can't see their money going just like that.

That is probably the reason why women don't tend to gamble a lot, some of them that take the risk and gamble tend to have enough self-control that they don't get addicted, and once they lose a certain amount of money, they simply stop gambling after that and never return to it while men can't do that.

In emotional aspect men are mostly the one who take the risk since they are the one do some crazy decisions because they want to test their luck. And most of the women are so careful since they don't want to commit mistakes since mostly they can't afford to encounter losing streak or a one time big losses.

But there's no gender separation nor restriction since anyone can gamble regardless of gender. There are also cases that women involve in risky cases but there's only few of them but anyways its still the same and we cannot say gambling is just a guy thing since anyone can participate on anything they like.

Because men are willing to take risk rather than women, we all know that women spend more time to decide rather than taking an action, they are meticulous one. But then we should also not stereotyping men, these days women are into gambling as well mostly traditional ones and please do not say they are more prone to addiction not because you can see there are many men in casinos it means there are many addicts in there.

If women hadn't entered the game now that they do, women would still be recognized for taking care of the home and the children, but the conditions have changed. In my perspective, males are naturally suited to hustle more than women. It is really uncommon to see women bet. I once discovered a female acquaintance using an online gambling program while we were still in school, so some do it covertly, but even then, there aren't many of them.  And as you said, many ladies enjoy drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes for pleasure; gambling is not their way.

I understand you mate because it's not just you, I bet there are more like us here who think the very same way that it is indeed kind of weird and unusual to see a woman gambling while a having a drink and cigarette on their side. I mean, it's not every day or every week where we can see that kind of view which makes it more weird.

I know that in these times, gender doesn't matter anymore as they have the power to do what we can do but for the sake of limits, it's just hard to digest seeing a woman gambling.

We gamble inothet to generate extra change for our needs and wants. Gambling is a risky activity to anticipate, it's never an option to choose gambling, it drained the pockets dry and keep one depressed. Gambling have negative and positive effects on users. Women are more vulnerable than the men, they are opened to the dangers from gambling, so they should just keep it void and none. Women anticipating in gambling, it's not just right for the ears. Gambling is for guys, they gamble with spare money except  for the addicted ones, which are ready to spend their budgeted money on gambling.

Men gamble because they want to find other ways to make money. And because there is a responsibility to provide money to the family, men try to earn money from gambling. And even though it's difficult for men, they will keep trying and some of them can bring money for their families and make ends meet. While others only experience defeat after defeat without being able to make money. And for women, it is very rare to see them playing gambling at offline casinos, but maybe they use online casinos to gamble because they don't want to be seen by their friends or even their own family. So maybe that causes men to like to gamble more than women, so gambling is synonymous with men.

Yeah, it better be for a pair of shoes or a bag than let the money go just for a short time of fun in gambling.  :D
Ladies are difficult to understand and they tend to have mood swings, I don't think it is a good thing when it comes to gambling. Men on the other hand have fewer emotions when they gamble. Either they are stressed out and mad because of the losing spree or they are happy because they won something even if it's just a little bit amount.
Choices. Men choose quickly, while women will take the long cut and think about many scenarios so it will take long before a round will be done.

There's no gender validation in gambling as long as the player is capable to play, understand how does the gambling works and have a money that would like to get entertain anyone is open for gambling reason why some soeaking only for men is because men are the one who more practically playing gambling. It depends someone men are the more way risk takers otherwise woman are the wiser and more in money we cannot remove this perspective's always happening. At the end it's all about the money for the casino and satisfaction for the players.

I think it boils down on how men decide on their activities. Most men are not vocal- they tend to bottle up their feelings and impulsively decide which somehow answers the question on why most men gamblers fail or suffer indebtedness.

Though this may be the case, I still believe that gender/sex is an irrelevant factor in gambling. It just so happens that most males have dominated some areas; whereas some females dominate males in other areas too.

I just hope that we avoid making hasty conclusions with no factual basis at all when it comes to gender. It is already the modern age and gender-related jobs are irrelevant in this time period given the equity of the two (2) genders.

Boys gamble more that's a fact. Even in sports, you can always see it's always the male who performs well like he bet his reputation to win against a rival. It feels like you are worth it.
If a woman also thrives, she must have been influenced by how great the feeling is in winning something.

You know how great it feels when you achieve and did something good for the day, you feel great. Gambling can be compared to it when you predicted the dice or roulette to be in your favor, you win and feels good.

One in a lot of cases the men are more responsible for the funding of a relationship so there is more pressure to get more money.  Second I think more men like sports and sporting events which causes men to gamble more than women.  And from a risk taking perspective I think men are more apt to do risky things with their money.  Add all that up and that's partly why more men gamble than women I think.

I can answer this straight as a husband of my wife. Woman has different taste in terms of how they will entertain. They wan t socialization such as talking with friends, shopping, salon and other things that is focus on improving their body. Woman usually view gambling as childplay and boring since the nature of woman is far different to man.

The only woman gambler I see are those who don’t care about their skin care or hanging out with friends. Man usually risking that’s why gambling is mostly being played by men since woman is not interested on risk just to be entertained. I think this risk lover attitude of man makes our life shorter.  :D

We cannot really say that men are more risk takers because that is quite debatable specially to the women that would loved to argue about this topic  ;D kidding.
Let's just put it in a way where gambling is a gentleman's sport. Nobody said that it should be played only by male but it is a place and entertainment where most participants (gamblers) are male, female are more than welcome as well but somehow I cannot deny that it would be weird as it's kind of unusual to see a female gambling in a room full of alpha males.

Oh I get it alright. I'm not so much as a stupid fuck when it comes to the diversity of cultures in different places given the fact that the place I live in is a melting pot of different cultures from around the world. What I'm only after is how the first comment you made is so unrelated to the post made by OP, nothing more. Throwing things like the difference between then and now in gender dynamics, as well as disagreeing with OP when statistical data says otherwise (even you said it yourself in the second comment lol) is what made me more interested about your comment.

Even this comment you made's not really in line with everything you said. I don't understand why you gotta pull "cultural perspective and difference" when the post was all about male gambling addiction becoming a really prominent thing in this space compared to female gambling addiction.

Gambling is mean for both except the gender gap.But the male are gender who need funds to satisfy hi expenses.Then the expenses of his family,the expenses of his friends.So the most needed person will be the male,but it's not a men holding.Some of my friend also doing of gambling,they are girls.Mostly woman think gambling is not good for their family.But it's not the real fact,if you do gambling with the free money.Then gambling is the one of the best income generating tool in you life.Gambling had good and bad on it.

I've seen a lot of similar threads, but this gender thing keeps coming up.

The answer is the same: men are more inclined to gamble because they're also bigger earners and bigger providers. It's expected from a man to deliver and make sure the family has what it needs, which presses him to get money somehow, even if it's through unlawful deeds, or taking too much risk. Women are more of a safe players, which is why they rarely bet big and also rarely lose a lot of money.
These roles are not only forged by society but also embedded deep into our minds.

It's not unusual if you go ahead to the typical physical casinos where it's been placed by those woman that likes to gamble and have some drink at the same time.

But you think what you think and what is on your mind. You may be right on what you're thinking about them but we can also be wrong with that. In reality, I have heard and heard stories about why they're in those places having like a teasing style having a cigarette and wine on the side.

It's just that we're not used to see it because we have believed that it's more a guy thing but not anymore today.

Women were less likely to go outside in the past. Also in some countries, women going outside is seen as a bad thing. So men are the ones that were able to go outside all the time and gamble as they wish. Women were in a more restricted environment in the past. That's the reason gambling is quite often seen as a man thing. But now with online gambling, anyone and I mean anyone can do it no? All you need is a smart device to do it. Men are always outside and doing work. Not in every country, but in most of them, this is the case. So women in the house have more free time and can gamble more than men can nowadays. So the number is increasing.
It's not an only man thing anymore. Women are joining too.

Testosterone allows men to be less feared and more attracted by danger and risky behaviours, but I think gambling is more related to culture than gender overall. For example I think ladies of some eastern asian countries are globally more eager to gamble than men of some european countries. In some cultures it's very natural and common to bet and to play with money while in some others it's perceived as a deviant behaviour. In addition, ladies don't play at the same games, they usually play more slots, lotto/bingo and loteries, while men play more table games like blackjack, poker, roulette and craps.

If it is were the old days when women were restricted I would have said that this is really true but things are advancing now and most of the country now women are now taking part in almost all the activities that were once reserve for men only and that also includes gambling habits too.

I agree that way back in earlier years, women are restricted to do what they wanted.  They are bound to be in the home taking good care of the kids.  But the current social development is different.  Women had gain equality and in major country is not restricted of the conservative belief anymore.  Women can now freely exercise their rights on entertainment and that includes gambling.  So I do not think that gambling is only for a guy thing anymore.  The world is changing and women are getting the right and freedom on different thing that they deserved .

Entering the modern era today, even someone who gambles will not see Gender to play. Everything is equalized, even all ages can play gambling without the need for KYC and without the need for a bank account because it uses crypto as payment. Online gambling has many variations and can be accessed from any device. A few days ago I saw teenagers starting to play slot gambling quite easily. But gambling is always synonymous with men and women's interest in gambling is not big enough. Maybe women prefer to do other things than gambling.

Maybe that's what they feel because they cannot replicate the emotion of a man but. If they gain a lot of experience thru their daily activities provably they can be one of the boys and enjoy playing on the game they think a guy thing.  

But overall its not all about the gender since it all matter on how you can enjoy the game. Maybe other girls can't handle to much financial pressure but for sure once they find gambling as good source of entertainment they ignore a lot of negativity and focus to hit some wins on each games they engage with.

Just don't think about gambling too much. It's not a big deal whether there are more men engaged in gambling. Honestly, no offense but it's not even worth thinking on your mind as that didn't even have an effect on increasing our winning chance in gambling. Just kidding.

There's no special thing about men, no nothing related to emotions, roles, personalities, careers, and so on.

Enjoy gambling, enjoy the show, enjoy being entertained, and just do all that you want in gambling.

I still think gambling is male dominated and may remain so for a long time. Yes, we’re moving past the ancient times where women relegated to the background and were not allowed to do certain things. During these times up until now, men has been more involved in gambling and even if we’re starting to see more and more female gamblers enter the scene, it’s nowhere near or compared to the number of men already involved in gambling.
A lot of men has been gambling then and more still do today. It may not be a guy thing anymore to gamble but it’s certainly still male dominated.

Females now have the upper hand; anything a man can accomplish, a woman can do better, even exceeding expectations.In the modern era, gambling is for both men and women. We gamble, win and lose, and that is how the system operates. Highlighting that women should avoid gambling would be essential and beneficial for the female gender, gambling isn't something that's completely free of difficulties, there are a few challenging circumstances in the space that would demand one to pay either with profits or losses. When benefits arrive, we rejoice, and when losses occur, we wear sad glances.

But it seems that gambling is still dominated by men because it can be seen that there are still more men who play gambling than women, although we don't know the exact number. We can only say that times have changed and gambling has advanced more than a few years ago where there were only offline casinos around our places. But with the advancement of the internet nowadays, which gives an opportunity for online casinos, let alone crypto casinos, to thrive, it also gives space for women to try their hand at gambling.

And since the last few years, women's activity in doing various things has also increased and they don't only take care of the household but they also work. And this is also what makes women try to play gambling like men even though maybe women gamble in closed places because they still think that gambling is for men. And actually that's also not a problem because what must be considered is self-control and others so as not to cause problems for anyone, both men and women.

As someone from Nigeria, you may be familiar with the term "Punters" on Twitter NG. These individuals are commonly used to sportybet due to the bonuses offered in each match or game they place bets on. When Bettor shares their booking codes, it becomes clear that women also enjoy gambling. There are many women who are passionate about football and place bets to both fuel their passion and earn money. Some even have Telegram groups where they share ideas and bets. It's amazing to see how a popular punter's win can inspire others to play the same game, bringing joy and happiness to the streets.

Personally, when I see a girl gambling, I don't assume that it's just for fun. Many of them appear to be doing it to make money, and some even advertise censored content on their Telegram link in order to entice people to join their VIP games and groups. However, it's always enjoyable to see them share their winning tickets on Twitter NG to celebrate their victories.

There is a pretty easy explanation, most gambling addicts are men because most gamblers are men. Just enter a big casino and you will see that most customers are men, or watch one of the big poker tournaments on TV and you see only men playing. Here and there are also some female gamblers, but I would expect that 90% of the Poker players are men. During my visits to Las Vegas I noticed the most woman where at the slot machines. Based on that I would expect most gambling addicts to be male. There are also some additional facts like men are more common to go gambling alone, whereas woman tend to stay in groups. Which also means that woman are looking for a good time and want to socialize, whereas men focus more on gambling itself.

I don't think gambling is a gender-based thing. Gambling can be played by whomever. The spectrum where you belong to doesn't really matter because if a person finds joy and thinks that it could be of help to them for whatever reason they might have, then it's all okay. Having this some sort of discrimination and gender-bias could even be a great problem because we are already in the 21st century and almost all of us are fighting for equality and equity. And if you don't, you need to re-evaluate yourself and your perspective.

Gambling isn't and shouldn't be only a guy thing because what guys can do, girls can too, as well as other genders. Of course, this excludes the biological aspects that totally differentiate the sexes ability.

There is nothing as guy thing and girly thing. When it comes to gambling, men are much into it. This is just because of the risking mind men have against the soft nature of the girls who easily feel bad on losing. Even the men feel bad on losing, but they'll easily overcome and continue to gamble whereas women give it an end just because they lost. This is the reason why it is possible to see more number of men gamblers against the number of women gamblers.

I feel like gambling was a man thing argument was very valid in past America of 50s, 60s, 70s maybe even 80s where women were less likely to be hired by people just because of discrimination. We are living in 2023 now so gender inequality in wages and earnings are dying. My over 60 year older mum loves gambling houses, she regularly visits them in holiday season. Main reason is that "she can afford it". In past only men could afford it. Most women wouldn't work or hand their wage to husband.

Well, I guess it's also safe to say that if a Woman is capable of making a living herself, like having a good paying job like most men do, her lifestyle would change, very different from a typical housewife. This has something to do with history as well. Men are known to have a lot of vices as a past time after a long tiring work, while women usually are at home taking care of everything. Gambling is amongst these vices, so this has gone through generations after generations, until Women are sick of this kind of cycle so they have stand on their own. However, not every Woman in this world have the same opportunity as the Woman who lives in a progressive country who earns good pay check and this explains why men have most numbers regarding this cases.

When we talk about the past of gambling, indeed, gambling was dominated by men while the women were just having fun in the casino and accompanied the men to gamble and have fun. But things have changed nowadays and women also seem to have started to like gambling games and maybe in some places, we often see women playing gambling with men, which is normal. But indeed, in some other places, women feel embarrassed to come to the casino so when they find out that there is an online casino, they can just try it when they are relaxing and in their room. So now, maybe gambling is still dominated by men even though some women already like gambling.

Gambling is not a man thing. The world has made it look like a guy thing but it is not. Why there are more men opened about their gambling activities than women is because there is more at stake societally and biologically for a woman who is gambling than a man. Imagine if the woman is a mother and falls into gambling addiction, it will be destructive for both her and her kids. And this is why some women are hiding their addiction because of what the society would think of them. I would say that there are more women who are suffering from gambling addiction than male. The reason why we don't know this is because they are afraid to speak up and seek for help.

The number of men interested in sport is far more than the number of women consequently those men who have knowledge in some of those sports utilized that opportunity in gambling particularly soccer betting which I believe is the most popular and most sought after in gambling, Moreso some men gamble to earn money as an extra source of income to cater for their home basically a lot of women particularly housewives aren't interested in sport particularly gambling because house chores and other domestic jobs wouldn't allow them to have time to gamble, Infact in my suburb I have never come across a female gambler it is dominated by guys who share tips.

Even if that's true, there's probably a statistics to back OP's claim that the major demographic for gambling is men, I could probably say that it's true as I have been to a lot of gambling spots when I commute when I was studying and now working and I don't see a lot of women betting on horse races, dog races, even poker tables, probably the reason that some women are in those spots is because some of them work there or they're with some man who gamble or the casino allows hookers to work there and give some of the gambling men a good time.

Well because in general the public's view of gambling is that the majority is always done by men, and also we can see many cases that occur, many of them are included in the news and the average suspect is male. So it's only natural that in the public eye gambling is always associated with men because they are the ones who mostly earn a living or income for their families and this reason is enough to allow them to enter gambling to make extra money there. Honestly I've never seen a woman become a gambling addict, not impossible but just strange to see. But maybe it's true as you said, they have hidden everything because maybe they are embarrassed if the surrounding community knows about this bad habit that can be said to be quite inappropriate for them to do.
I think it is quite difficult to compare who does more gambling, men or women because gambling addiction like this is very different from other similar addictions such as drugs, gambling addiction is almost invisible.

I only noticed women when they were with their partners or like rich ones. I'm not sure how I call those girls, but that is only the time I've noticed them. I don't see women that are really going into casinos and betting in casinos, but when it comes to the lottery, that is where I've seen a lot of women buying lottery tickets. If we compare this to casino gambling, women also think that it is way safer to buy tickets for the lottery than going to gamble in a casino.

I feel like it's more about the fact that genetically speaking we are a bit more adrenalin addicted, that's just how it is and it's always been true. Yes we are in the modern world and everything should be equal, but when it comes to seeking adrenalin due to our heritage, men are a bit more overwhelmed.

All the soldiers, wars, you can go as further back as saying that we hunted animals and brought them back. So, as you can see we seek that adrenalin and that means that it eventually ends up with us gambling more. That is fully correlated and I believe that it will end up with any study will show that the same thing would be the result. This is why it's quite important to make the distinction why men gamble more.

Since the predisposition to sports branches is more in men, everything we see as gambling is actually a product of a sports branch. Therefore, since men are more interested in sports, they are more likely to gamble or take bets than women. The only problem is that men both enjoy watching football and similar sports and want to make money from it. Women do not have this level of addiction. The percentage of those who are addicted cannot be counted on the fingers of one hand. Men and women have different ways of making money. Therefore, while men lose and win money in gambling, women solve this problem by solving it elsewhere. The male population's love of sports is perhaps something that exists in our souls. The dream of chasing a ball since childhood must be an event that makes this different.

There might be no gender validation but there are some things that are basically dominated by a single gender, like nursing is something that mostly females do, now we know that even guys can do nursing but they don't go for it a lot. Similarly, gambling is basically a male-dominant thing, even if casinos don't do gender discrimination, and there are no restrictions for women anywhere where gambling is allowed, men are still greater in number in gambling.

Women might have a lot of money and access to all kinds of gambling casinos and resources, but they simply prefer doing other things than gambling their money away. On the other side, men tend to take a lot of risks with their money only in the pursuit of making it even more, and gambling is one of the ways they see it.

Yeah, I believe women tend to engage more in playing the lottery rather than going to a casino to gamble. Perhaps if they are in a group of friends they might join them for gambling but doing so solo is relatively rare in my opinion. If you were to visit a casino, you'd likely encounter more men than women. However this doesn't imply that gambling is exclusively a male activity, I think that women generally aren't as interested in such activities like gambling imo.

Tf is this signature here? Is this supposed to be what you use in real life?.
it's certainly my preferred moniker; everyone has theirs and it's left for them to show that off If they'd ever want to ... I've been showing off after a little while when I got 'em ranks coming..(I can remember someone asked about this too)
..to the main idea: someone said women have lesser IQ levels which, in turns is an enablement for men to make speculations ...lmao. I sometimes dunno the kinda peeps y'all deal with in real life but get this into your fuckin' Brains; if a guy's got low IQ, does it warrant anyone calling him a woman? Cus that's what it means colloquial.. look, anyone can be dumb and stupid irrespective of Thier gender( never mix up points)..that's got nothing to do with having a good sense of speculations; that's Stereotypical

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I think why it is so difficult to see lots of women playing gambling  is because  of the nature of gambling  which is known to be very risky,  women are not really interested with things that are much risky . This is the  main  reason why I think the  men dominate gambling more than the woman. And also men show more interest in every game that is connected to gambling than women.

There has been any proof that gambling are actually a men thing. Because even women can actually do gambling if they wish to. However, let’s just say men are actually risk takers and quite adventurous than women, and they see things more differently like women. And when it comes to profit sourcing, men are actually good at it most particularly in gambling where most of the games are dominated by men. That’s why men are more vulnerable to gambling addiction because of their high sensation towards the effects of gambling.

Women doesnt really like on losing money and spending on something which they cant really be able to hold or own like spending on buying bags and jewelries is much more preferred rather than on making yourself that

just getting that leisure thing and its not something that they do prefer.Its true that if there's someone who you would be able to see them wandering around on the place then its true that it is most likely be in groups
and its true  that seeing going solo would really be that rare or not really likely.This is why we do really have that impression that it is really that something that gambling is a man thing but in overall it wasnt
because it is really free for everyone no matter what the gender you would really be having. It is really just that turns out that there are more men which are risk takers than women and this is why
we do really see the dominance in between genders on particular places.

The world changing in the modern digital age, we just have to do what makes it right to he in the better place. Gambling belong to all gender, there's no need to stigmatized the female gender from gambling. Afterall, they equally watched games and  have full knowledge on how to place bets on their favorite teams. We have responsibilities, to take care of them, we need to stand firm and monitor our streams of income. If possible, we string more sources, intact any thing that can generate profits would be fully concentrated on without hindrance.

So amid today's modern digital era, gambling is no longer a guy thing but has turned into all things for men and women so that anyone can gamble easily, especially now that there is an internet that can be accessed by anyone easily. However, women may still hide their gambling activities in several places because of social judgment or rejection from some communities if they know that some women gamble in their environment. Society may still not be able to accept it when they see women gambling in front of them. But when no one knows about it, maybe women will gamble at ease because it's what they need. And it could be that some women have experienced gambling addiction, but they can keep it well from the people around them so that the public will not know it.

Men have more tolerance to gambling than women, although gambling is meant for everyone to enjoy playing, women don't like engaging in what has risk of loosing money, women nature was designed to have less interested in gambling like they have in participating in sports activities, but gambling involves loosing money to bet and women in most cases cant afford loosing their earned money for gambling, they'd rather think about investing their money or using it for other business of their interest.

I agree to you. I personally know a woman who is much more addicted than me before when I was an addict. Imagine that our she stay long more than me on our gambling sessions and up to this date, As far as I know she still takes gambling as her main thing. Men and women can hide something without the public knowing and I personally believe that there are so many women gamblers out there that don't want to expose their addiction to gambling because of the public judgement (depending on the social class and the environment she is having). It's just that history or the old media shows the stereotype that men are more active in gambling.

That's a way too wrong way to see this. I have seen lots of young girls and grandmas that are gambling addicts. Have you ever get inside of a real life casino? There are many females there. At least the ones I visited had many. Maybe there are more males that love to gamble but I strongly disagree with your opinion here.

We don't live in the early 1900's. Females don't live in the kitchen anymore. They play football, gamble, taekwondo and all kind of other things...

In fact, if we look really carefully, there are lots of female gamblers who are also crazy about gambling, they can even surpass a man in acting in gambling, it's just that we don't really know about this, especially in online casinos that can't be detected by it is clear whether a woman or a man.
After all gambling is widespread across all walks of life as well as gender and there are many female professional gamblers that you can find in any traditional casino.

Losing money is a risk of gambling and anyone, be it a woman or a man, can accept losing money when in the gambling industry.
In addition, there are different views when women are in gambling, so that is why more men are open to gambling activities that are carried out.

Men are likely to become gambling addicts and that's because men gamble more than women. If a survey is ran, in every ten people we ask if they're gamblers or not we'll find more of men than woman and that can back the claims that gambling is a man thing as they do it more.

But this doesn't stop woman from gambling, in today world things are changing from the normal way they were as there's no more discrimination of jobs or things men or women can do so everything can be done by both woman and men which means gambling included.

While gambling is both a man and woman activity, we shouldn't ignore the fact that more men are gambling than woman and when a question is asked if gambling is a man or woman thing, while it's for both genders but the thing has to go to those that do it more which is men.

Male people can deal with all issues very easily and men are more risk taking so men are seen to be more involved in other critical matters including gambling than women. Gambling is very risky thing and very addictive thing which most women can not accept and don't like gambling but for men gambling is a pleasure thing and men enjoy gambling more so men are seen to gamble more than women. Not only gambling but other risky things women don't like too

Since the history of gambling, there's never been a time that it was dominated by women and I believe it was first introduced by men (Chinese men) if I'm not mistaken and it fact that it is dominated by men would male it easier for men to be introduced into it, men love taking risk even if it involves losing money and that's one thing a woman can't tolerate,a good number of wives would not mind staking their money on something that involves high risk and could be lost easily but would rather support their husband that's successful and made lots of profits from it.
 I've come across a thread that talked about people especially men using gamble as a form of entertainment or to ease stress during their leisures and that's one thing most women won't do, they'll rather focus on other entertainment areas or go on picnic or clubbing with their men for fun, and I've also noticed that a good number of women that were introduced into gambling got introduced by male friends or colleagues

I think it is safe because it was only just an expression and women gamblers that will hear that won't be affected personally. The reason may be is because gambling is firstly patronized by the men but eventually women started trying and liking them.

The games in gambling are neutral because the objects that are being used are just fruits and numbers however some modern games now online had some themes which can fit better for specific genders. Since men started it first, I believe their numbers involved in gambling are still more than the women and that is why most news that we saw about gambling addiction are from them.

You know, based on a little survey, one cannot simply generalize about the entire gender. Is it really indicative of a general tendency if there are more guys who gamble for every ten people?

We should pay more attention to the fact that gambling behaviors might differ significantly among cultures and societies. Gender roles are shifting in the modern world, making it less clear what belongs in a man's or a woman's domain. Therefore, linking gambling exclusively to men seems a little antiquated.

Even while males gamble more than women overall, in some nations women may bet more than men. So, the notion that gambling is predominantly a man's activity may not be accurate. But even if more men do gambling, there are a number of other factors to take into account, so this does not necessarily mean that there will be an increase in addiction. Who gambles more might not really be that significant in the end, is it?

Historically speaking yes, Men have dominated this space. But that doesn't mean that girls couldn't get addicted to it too. And you're right about women having more avenues to look for when it comes to relaxation and unwinding compared to men who has a higher propensity to gamble than to do something productive lol. Anywho, I think the competitive edge that male gamblers have over themselves plays a crucial role at this as well. For the most part, male gamblers are prone to ending the gambling session on a win, which makes them lose more in the process. I don't think women are susceptible to this but I've seen gambling addicts that are women, hell just look at the Vegas slot area and you'll find middle-aged women that are almost at the point of zombification with how invested they are in their games.

Men solve all the hard work from gambling. Women don't like gambling. I saw my friend was addicted to gambling and his wife told him to stop gambling several times but he couldn't quit gambling for which his wife left him.  Men can't stop gambling I don't think we can stop gambling. But women always prefer to do comfort work. Women never like to take any risk. But men like to gamble and take big risks more than women.

That means your female friend has a more severe gambling addiction than you. That is very unfortunate, even though he should be able to limit himself from gambling addiction and maybe learn from you how to control himself while playing gambling. You might be able to talk to your girlfriend and ask her out so that her attention isn't on gambling. At the very least, he can reduce his time playing gambling, especially if you and he can do something together and do it more often so that his attention will be distracted. So men and women may have the same gambling addiction, and there is no difference because when someone is addicted, he will only think about gambling without considering anything else as important. But indeed, men already have a long history of playing gambling than women, so we can judge that gambling is a guy's game.

Yeah you see right that mate, every people in this world can gamble woman or men but in real life we can not deny the fact that woman can control themselves than men so if a gambler is a woman then that's good enough because they won't fall into addiction easily while men once we already tasted a big amount of winning then for sure it will lead us to the addiction that a woman can't involve easily.

Male, female, transgender, sissy, gay, lesbian, etc you can name it are allowed to gamble. If there's a casino not want to allow a specific gender, this will make them not able to earn a lot of money since the more people gamble the more money they can earn.

Maybe there's a discrimination or racism, but if you report to security, they will take care for you.

I think every individual has their own gambling habits. Some are more likely to engage in risky gambling behavior, such as betting on larger amounts of money or playing high-stakes games. While others tend to be more cautious when it comes to gambling and are more likely to play games that involve less risk. The difference in behavior may be due to societal gender roles, expectations, and biological and psychological factors. But whatever gender it is, I am sure everyone enjoys the excitement and thrill of placing bets and waiting for the outcome. What matters the most, is for them to have consciousness and awareness of their gambling habits.

When a casino doesn't allow any gender particular then there are just two things about it.

1. Gender preference and racism
2. That person did something awfully that made the casino ban him/her to enter the casino premises.

Gambling is for everyone and that's why it's not a biggie for most crypto casinos. As long as you want to play, deposit and that's it, you're always welcome to all of them.

Most of the time, it's men who fall into gambling addiction, but there are only a few women who become addicted to it, and it's usually men who have a lot of vices in this situation because I rarely see a woman who also does this kind of thing in gambling. And sometimes I also thought that why is it that men are often obsessed with gambling and women are rarely involved in it. It seems that there are more women who are sensible compared to this matter.

Till now, I have never seen a casino that have restrictions on other gender making it difficult for them to gamble. Gambler have all right to bet on anything bet you want to play or stake no matter your gender or the kind of person you are.
 Any casino that aim at restricting other gender from gambling then, it means something else is wrong with the casino and that kind of casino can not keep there customers because players will keep leaving the casino to try other options.
I believe in some aspect, gambling is a man's thing because males are the ones that mostly gambling but that doe not mean that women too like the female gender can not gamble.

For me If I am the owner of the casino or sites then there's ko gender exception all people are allowed to bet and play in my casino cause what you said above mate is correct and positive thinker cause the more people will play in your site or in your casino then a lot of money will enter. Cause not all the time those gambler who played in your casino or site will be the winner because if they don't have their luck then they will become a losses.

      -    Maybe it's because most men spend money on women, especially if they have money, so when a man doesn't have money, he makes a way to have more, especially since he has a vice of his own. Then her vice is gambling, for sure the man will not allow her to find a way to have money because she thinks that it is easy to get money by gambling.

Also, most women are very conservative with money compared to men, so women value money more than men.

It has to do with our biological evolution. Women are risk-adverse while men are completely the opposite. And this is a good thing too, since women had children and if they were to do risky things, they would not have survived for a long time. In fact, our species may have gone instinct, in such a case. So while we men no longer have to hunt and fight dangerous animals in order to provide for our families, the risky side still remains and shows itself in the form of other risky behaviors, such as gambling. So unless I am completely off, that is the reason why men gamble more than women.

Exactly, You will really preferred to accept all gender because that doesn’t affect the gameplay of anyone playing and also it’s very advantageous for income of the casino. I think the only which the casino will restrict a certain gender is when there's a tradition on that specific country which woman can't be involved on gambling or something but this is just hypothetical scenario since most of the countries are already open in all gender.

Game is common to all,it's not partial one to the male.Because the way of approach itself not good,as like voting right.The gambling also had equal right to both the gender.Only some conservative people think about this gender ideology on gambling.If the woman doesn't want to take part in gambling is their own opinion,But they should be bared to take part in the gambling.Most of the trusted casino allow the both gender to take part and one of my girl friend also doing gambling over 4 years.So they had full rights to take part in the gambling,only the woman in the family had worry sometimes for their husband loss to the game.It's entirely different concept wife worry for some loss is very common one.

maybe gender differences in gambling have already been discussed in other topics, but what is important to note is that gambling between men and women is no different, it's just that if you know again "this is a man's world" then you will realize that judddi has always been a man's game so don't be surprised when you see the dominance of men in gambling and even the economy, they nominate it even though there are some tough female gamblers who break down the wall of difference but in the end they can't free women from differences in gambling.

Well am not too sure about that because  over here in my place it's quite difficult to differentiate between the male stuffs and the female stuffs. It's like competition and this popular speech just keeps replaying in your head which is what a man can do a woman can do better. That's why over here it's not strange to see a female gender in a casino or somewhere online placing a bet or actually watching a serious football match.

yes i can say  its more of a guy thing. one of the reasons why i think its so is because of the financially responsibilities that the men do shoulder and also that men always want to earn more so its pretty easy as a guy to get involved and also if you have friends that are into it then it will be more easier. but i think things are changing and have seen some ladies go into gambling although the percentage is still kind of low but maybe in some years to come we will have a good population of them especially for those who wants to do it for fun.

Following that logic, men should be less prone to gambling, since they are more focused on financial responsabilities and can't give themselves the luxury of spending money with gambling, which doesn't guarantee any financial returns in counterpart... It seems men are into gambling for another reasons: maybe because they have a higher necessity for thrill than women and to escape from the stress of daily life which involves those responsabilities you mentioned above. Gambling for men is a moment they can finally stop caring about their burdens and having an ephemeral pleasure moment.

A man should not gamble because of financial responsibilities but will work as hard as possible to provide for his family. If he only gambles hoping to make money from gambling, that is a big mistake because gambling is not a place to make money. Men should know that and not take the risk of using their money to make money from gambling.

Gambling is not just for men because there is gender equality everywhere. Moreover, we see many women do things that men do, thus proving that women can gamble if they want. Maybe it is true that not as many women are involved in gambling as men, so they say gambling belongs to men.

But with the increasing popularity of online casinos, it is making it easier for women to gamble. They can gamble wherever they want and even gamble from their room while resting. We still don't know how many women gamble, especially in online casinos.

To be honest with you, what you said can only be true for the men who understand and indeed see gambling as a means of entertainment rather than a means to make money; because for all i know and care, most or should i say majority of those(men) who are into gambling are into it as a means of making some extra money to cater for the financial responsibilities they shoulder.

Think of it this way, imagine that gambling was designed in a way that we only put money in, but don't have any opportunity of getting any money out; that is; gambling is completely made to be a paid means of having fun with zero possibilities of winning cash in return. How many of us, as men, do you think can afford the luxury of gambling?.
very few is if you ask me.

Guys have more affinity for gambling so it may be regarded as guys thing, but at the end of it all, not all those that are gambling are guys alone, it's all compromise a combination and there's nothing we can do about it, we often believe that men also have more higher ability to raise financial responsibilities unlike the way it was being common with women to be dependents on this, just as you have also given, women have a very low interest on gambling activities and this is common everywhere when it's all about gambling.

Gambling I don't think is a gender based thing, anybody can venture into gambling be it male or female, it doesn't matter and it aswell doesn't affect your chances of winning or losses as both genders can win or loose at same time, on casino sites they some times ask for gender and this doesn't cause any form of preference for any gender.

There are ladies I have seen who are successful in gambling so are guys too but the only problem is they some level of stereotyping that may come with the female gender gambling as some persons may want to see her as not been responsible enough but they if she can control herself enough to not get to the point of addiction they will cause her to involve in unhealthy practice to raise funds to gamble.

There are female who are good sport analyst and understand the game so we'll such person could try their hands on gambling and be entertained while making some good money for them selves from gambling, summarily my point is that gambling is not a gender based thing as anybody or any gender can gamble and be successful at it while staying entertained.

I think we can see it in a way that the men are much more lovers of spot than women, and then tend to bet on there passion, it’s just common among both gender sport betting is more common among men because they are the ones who do a lot of this without any reason to call it evil.

but most ladies even when they are to go into it don’t usually come out to the open with their betting decisions maybe this is as a result of them not wanting any negative response from people around them, which makes them even when they get involve on it they don’t bring it to the public.
 
Most girls also seems to look for other means of making money than relaying on something that might not work at the end of the day, if we are to use economic crisis as an excuse to the high gambling rate rise, ladies chose to do things they are sure of the outcome at the end of the day.

I see your reason @ uneng especially if we are to weigh the winning rates of those men who gamble and we see the number is actually small and that could mean that the argument of taking care of the family or family financial responsibility is really not strong. Even where some men feel they are gambling to meet up with the financial needs of their homes, how far have they been successful in winning yet their family is still surviving. The valid point is while gambling, it also affords the man the opportunity to ease off from the distractions and challenge in the home especially when it is offline, the man use the opportunity to hangout and get some fresh air from the environment.

Couldn’t agree more. Since men are more exposed in financial responsibilities to provide for their family, the urge to grow and increase their income is high that’s why they are more open to investments, even in gambling that can bring decent amount profits if you are smart enough to play the game. They take more risks than women, and love to explore new things that will bring additional profits on them. And gambling could be the perfect example of it. Unfortunately, when they become more focused on accumulating profits rather than just enjoying the game, that’s when gambling addiction hits them.

It's an interesting observation. Historically, gambling has been linked to masculinity and risk-taking, influencing more men to engage. So I guess social expectations and psychological differences may also play a role. However, I would say that addiction affects everyone, especially in tough economic times. It is probably feeling like a shortcut and people hope for quick to be made by flipping a coin. And as you said when making money takes the place of what was meant to be enjoyment first, it is going to be critical especially when the making money part of that idea goes South.

I've heard that gambling is a man's business, but in fact nowadays many women like to gamble, some even become addicted to it like men in general. Yes, perhaps for different reasons, men gamble for fun and earn money for their family's needs, while women gamble perhaps just for fun. In fact, both of them will experience the same thing, win or lose, and this is just my opinion. ;D

I have indeed noticed that when I gambled at regular casinos back in the day there were more men than women, however it is difficult to draw any conclusions out of this, as we know gambling is a hobby which requires money, and even in developed countries there are still preconceived ideas and discrimination against women.

So if they have problems getting hired and they are being paid less for their time then this means they have less spare money, and this means lesser opportunities to enjoy a hobby like gambling, plus while the stigma against gambling is decreasing I think the stigma is still strong when it comes to women, so many women may hide their gambling activities out of fear of being negatively judged.

This could be one of the reasons because when a man has an obligation to always fulfill his family's needs, he can also make the mistake by doing gambling because he wants to increase his income because winning money at gambling means there is also a big chance of losing it.
Also because men have more opportunities to work and have money, they also have the opportunity to spend it on gambling, initially just for fun because they can interact with friends but gradually their intentions can change.
Maybe now men and women have equal shares in gambling, but women do it in secret and are reluctant to admit it in public because of social problems, especially when doing it at an online casino, it will be easy to do it in secret.

I agree with your opinion that gambling is a hobby that requires money and can be done by women and men, from poor to rich, and gamblers do not regularly play.
It may be that the income received by women is not comparable to the income earned by men, but not only that, women also think that sometimes they want to earn a lot of money, so they even gamble because they think gambling will make them luckier. in getting money rather than money. that they produce every day. Yes, even in a secret way so that other people don't know, because most people say, basically gambling is only for men, women are not allowed to gamble.

You know, it seems like guys are more prone to getting hooked on gambling compared to women. It's like our pride gets in the way, and we just can't quit easily. We hate accepting losses, and we're always up for experimenting, trying to find that secret to winning. We're just so darn optimistic.

Some guys don't even know when to stop. They'll keep going until they've lost everything. It's like a never-ending battle, even though the chances of winning are slim. And good luck trying to tell someone they're addicted when you can clearly see they're already acting that way. They'll never admit it; it's like a challenge they can't resist.

Self-esteem is what makes many people return to gambling because they cannot accept their defeat, especially when they gather with their friends and share their experiences of losing when gambling. Maybe some friends will mock him because his defeat makes that person unable to accept it and says he will prove that he can win. And finally, he returned to gambling to win and recover from his previous losses so he could brag about it in front of his friends.

And maybe it is true that gambling is a man's game because many men play it. Meanwhile, we don't know how many women gamble so we can only guess.

I don't know exactly why but it is a fact. I very rarely see women gambling but when they are gamblers they are usually very good. but the most reasonable reason behind this is that women hate gambling, especially if they are married, because in their point of view it is a game that costs a lot of money.

Yeah, it seems like their approach was more emotional than mental. If they had taken the time to evaluate why they lost a certain game, they could have made the right adjustments for the next one and maybe come out on top. But when they're not thinking it through, well, we can pretty much expect the same results each time.

It is also possible that women gamble behind the scenes, meaning we never know who is gambling at the back of the computer screen. It can be a man or it can be a woman too. Yes, only the majority of gamblers are men, but since online gambling has evolved, nothing can be said with certainty.

Maybe those casinos that are very strict in maintaining the KYC data can give first hand information as to what numbers of the gamblers are registered as male gamblers and what numbers are registered as female gamblers.

In general, since we see male gamblers dominating in the physical casino, we believe that female gamblers are very low in number.

Men likes taking more risks than women and women likes borrowing money, taking loans than men, sorry if any female on here is hurt by this, I am just saying this based on my surroundings, I have seen most women and ladies in general taking loans and even living base on loan than men, I think at this rate it's balanced to me.

The reason why I like female is they know when to stop, once things starts getting out of hand they aren't going back, there is no 'be like a real man' in their dictionary, if a female lost a lot of money in gambling she will easily break free from gambling compare to a man, this gender called men are so stubborn and they never know when to quit.

Female are also into gaming but I accept with OP, that gambling is mostly a guy thing because men have too much responsibility to carry than women, this is also the reason why they are pushed or force to take risks.

That is like that because we still have dis-balance in jobs salaries where men still get paid more and normally women are left with no choice but to borrow money,that is also what happens in my city,lately though things are changing for the better as more and more women are getting paid well enough.

Gambling is a guy thing yeah but when women get hooked to it they make guys gambling like amateurs compared to them as women when entered in something they prefer to go further deep down and they don't usually stop so there is this exception to the rule as they say,which makes women gamblers more dangerous when they are hooked to it.

well, thats a wrong mindset and I am sure if a married man gambles to try to earn extra money I am sure he has a bad mindset and does not understand how gambling works. so they think that good luck quickly comes from gambling, even though the way gambling works always benefits the gambling owner and beats the user.
and if the man understood how this works there would be no way he would try occasionally to increase his income from gambling and that I consider a very bad mindset and in the long run I am sure he will be addicted.

Making adjustments must be done so that we can find out what suits us. And when they have lost several times, their emotions will increase along with losing money in gambling. That makes them lose control and not make adjustments for the next game so they will only experience the same result in the next game. And that will only cause a worse gambling addiction because they never thought about it before. Meanwhile, when his emotions increase, it will affect his mentality too, making his bets not win.

The problem persists, right? Men earning more than women, women having fewer alternatives, borrowing required. We hear this narrative too often, which is disheartening. Very frustrating. Hope remains, right? You said your city is changing. That's progress.

And then there's gambling. Gambling, huh? It's an experience and emotion, not just a game. Many identify it with guys, although women do too. They dive deep when they start. Deep, deep. But why? Why do women go further? Is it resolve? Does it prove something? The game's nature? It's worth considering, and remember that everyone's gambling path is different.

Not only do many men gamble for financial responsibility but greed works in them there are many ways to deal with financial responsibility. It is true that men are more likely to have gambling problems than women but this disparity appears to have narrowed in recent years as men are more attracted to strategic forms of gambling such as card games or sports betting high levels of gambling may increase men's risk of gaming addiction. Men may be more prone to problem gambling than women due to their socialization.

Men have more courage to face the risks they will face, one of which is from a financial perspective, gambling is more popular with men, some people hope that by gambling they can double the money they have in a short time.  Different from women, they are more detailed from a financial perspective, although some are extravagant because they like shopping, but they are not so interested in gambling because they are more concerned about the risks they will face.

Courage is very positively connoted and should probably not necessarily be used in the gambling environment. Maybe I am too focused on the semantics and rhetorics here, but when we talk about gambling and why it is a men's thing, courage, like courage to do good, to intervene on the streets when someone does something bad, isn't the true reason why men gamble more. I think men also have a talent to suppress the root of the evil and compensate for it by things men shouldn't be doing. Women in contrast would rather talk about an issue and not seek for compensation that harms them even more. This is not to be understood as a basic rule, more like a pattern that does allow for deviation from the norm.

In earlier times, drinking and smoking were a guy thing, riding or racing was a guy thing, even sports were a guy thing, all financial responsibility was a guy thing, and so on. All these things change eventually, and we learned the word gender equality. Now you understand why this question is really irrelevant and inappropriate. So please stop this male-dominating attitude and be an open-minded individual. Just see a person as a person and cut that gender, race, religion, and all factors, and then you can see a human being and respect every human. It is just as simple as that.

But it is a fact that men and women must accept that men are the most dominating creatures, the phrase gender equality is bulshit, which only gives a woman to have her own rights to decide in living her life.

But the practice is that to this day even though gender equality has been accepted by the community, it seems that the habits of men who like to take big risks compared to women such as horse riding, hunting, smoking men are more dominant even what we are talking about is in gambling, men are the main consumers of gambling compared to women.

Regarding what you are talking about, it is subjective, and what I am saying is based on field fact data, and it must include the elements.

Well for me they are the same. I mean I see women who gamble and it's not just one or two and I see that they are also addicted to gambling because they gamble every day. I can only say what I noticed from the ones I saw,
there are also women who are addicted to gambling but they just have more control than men. Yeah, I'm referring to my aunts because even though they gamble every day, they don't reach the point of being in debt, having a broken family, or anything bad. They control themselves very well.

Well, I will have to say that you indeed have a good point, the world have changed and still changing rapidly, maybe several years ago, we would have simply said that gambling is for men or guys alone, but today, this is no longer the case, gambling have become a general activity that knows no man or woman, any gender can engage in gambling without any form of restrictions, as long as the individual, be he or she, is comfortable and find pleasure in gambling.

In the olden days, it was actually a taboo for a woman to gamble in most communities and societies around the world, but todays, things have changed in most of this places, development and civilization have changed the narrative or stigmatization of women in gambling, and this i hope to continue even into the future.

Men are known to provide money for the family but women is the one's who hold/budget it. They can choose to gamble it. Some men can earn sufficient money from their jobs alone and there are some who aren't but they can still treat gambling as a source of entertainment and not a source to get additional income. It's the same on why some guys drinks a bear or buy a cigarette.

These small things can ease their tiredness from the long day/week of work. I don't see it as a problem if there are more men are involved in gambling than in women but in fact I find it good because the men or husband won't worry as gambling can sometimes cause an addiction.

This is very reasonable and I think it is in accordance with the facts that have occurred, which basically initially gambling was only for men, or I mean on average most of those who played were men, and I say that before gambling was as popular as it is now. And nowadays gambling is like an activity that seems to be common, people seem to think that this activity is normal, it is none other than that because gambling has reached more and more people through the development of this era. I agree, and honestly for now I would not say that gambling is only men, but maybe the number of female and male gamblers is now balanced if measured, I was also quite surprised when I saw some of my female friends who turned out that they also gambled and there was one of them who fell down to leave a lot of debt, honestly I could not imagine that the impact of gambling was this hard, not seeing men or women, there are all the same, gender does not determine whether the person is a gambler or not.

Of course, there are many factors that influence and also become the reason why they, especially women, participate in gambling, a sense of interest is of course the main reason for them because of the opportunity to win, and also in my opinion the factor of their economic weakness is also very likely to be the reason. Those who do not know fully about the risks in gambling will definitely think that maybe gambling is a solution to multiply the money they bring.

But gambling isn't for making money, also gambling is different to a beer and a cigarette.

Cigarette make you become more relax and reduce your stress, most of them usually need this everyday because they're working very hard. A beer, it's something that you need when you have a free time to enjoy your life.

While gambling isn't something that you're really need.

Since gambling is not a compulsory thing that only men should do it while women being exempted, everyone should gamble as long as they are interested and willing to have fun, however, women are not that active in this aspect just as you could find a larger percentage of men don't like cooking while women does that for run, we can apply this kind of approach as well for women in gambling that only few of them finds it interesting when they have other things to always get busy on.

It's the same with my officemates before. They all like using their credit cards to get cash or there's like a cult of women that agrees to overuse the credit card until it gets a higher limit so that they can buy anything with it even the expensive ones like home appliances or a newly released smartphone.  :D

I think women are good at handling money that's why they are not hooked on gambling games. But there are others who are not and I saw a group of ladies playing cards all day every day like there's another cult. ;D
Anyway, regarding men, I think it's also the ego that pulls us to gamble. We love winning and I think that's how we are raised and or it's in our DNA. So winning against the house will be the best competition for us. It's not just about the money but also the fun and the risky environment of gambling.

Aside from the fact that women in nature are not inclined to do gambling just like how men usually don't have
a talent in cooking, the gambling scene in general is a dangerous place.
I asked my female friends if there was ever a point in their life where they liked gambling and there was a person who said yes. However, she does not see herself gambling in the future anymore due to the fact that
gambling is dominated by men. If anything goes wrong, it will be hard for women to protect themselves physically.

Yeah right, when I get money every month it's women who can handle it. ;D
Maybe it's not just you, I see some women playing gambling but it's not traditional gambling but online gambling because now some women are fond of it.

There are many other things that make gambling more male, maybe it could be their ego, maybe it's fun hoping to win big or relieve stress - actually it's the same thing but the dominance of men is greater than women.

Women can still be controlled by men if they are married, while men have every right without their wife's consent.

Though a lot of young women of today have joined their male counterparts to start gambling, the number of men in gambling is significantly higher than that of women in gambling and that's because of the fact it is believed globally by most people that gambling is a guy thing.
Gambling is a vice that women can't handle because they aren't good in taking risk and that's why more men are gonna be continue to dominate gambling than women will do