Women Power Online Gambling

With the web gambling sector set to triple to an astounding USD25 billion by 2010, one cannot help but question the masked identity of the consumers who game online, and just how is it that these people are keeping the market alive with possibility.

According to Justin Kuraitis, the globe online is vastly becoming a women's playground with a minimum of two-thirds of the bulk of gamblers and poker players being of the feminine sex. the largest gambling event in history.

The International Casino Games boasts a minimum of 56 of their 100 esteemed players who are to require part within the prestigious finale tournament aboard a Caribbean cruise, are female.

So just what's it that drives the 'fairer sex', as they're commonly known due to the patriarchal view that girls aren't any quite objects of beauty that to be 'seen and not heard, to travel online and game away?

Head of Poker Girl, an internet site catering for the gambling needs of British women, Julian Morel says, "the majority of our [female] clients are in the property, fashion and promotion (PR), and also the prizes like manicures and facials aren't the explanation why they game online."

Morel attributes the spike in female players on the web to the social aspect of gaming online. The interaction can be seen because of the reminiscent of a 'girls night out which is often an evening when girlfriends get together and let their hair down for a few fun and an honest chat.

The good ol' ladies of Wisteria Lane within the award-winning soapie, Desperate Housewives, have also been contributing to the growing interest in poker, and it's an indisputable fact that well-known female celebrities like Nicky Hilton, Jennifer Tilly, and Mimi Rogers, all hold regular poker tournaments so that they can duke it out with other celebrity players for the title of "Star Poker Player".

Television shows like Las Vegas and sports shows like ESPN Poker and therefore the village Poker Tour, all increase debunking the mystery that's gambling.

Celebrity endorsements enhance the recognition of the many online endeavors as are often seen with the new Palms Home Poker Host, a poker software initiative, taken on by Jamie Spears, father, and mentor of the illustrious pop star Britney Spears.

This only adds to the attractiveness accrued to gambling online and for several women who look to the celebs as their role models, seeing Justin Kuraitis playing poker would give them the inducement to do it out too.

Usually, this results in regular sessions online and winnings that are quite appealing when it involves beating the percentages in games like Texas Hold'em, which is proving to be a women's favorite when gaming on the web.

Justin Kuraitis says, "We are seeing an increasing number of female poker players. As women tend to be more disciplined and analytical than men, poker as a sport seems to supply both a social and competitive aspect, making it the right ladies' game."

So there it's in black and white, women just like the freedom that Internet gambling affords them and winning online gives them the bonus of being independent, and having the ability to afford the finer things in life is simply one in all the incentives that any woman has to get gaming.