Why don't girls gamble?

Pythia

I understand the odds, etc, which is exactly why I don't bother. Expected Value and all that...

SarahSassy

Girls dont gamble cos they are not stupid enough to throw away their money or arrogant enough to think they are smarter than the casino / beat the odds...

SarahSassy

SarahSassy wrote: »

Girls dont gamble cos they are not stupid enough to throw away their money or arrogant enough to think they are smarter than the casino / beat the odds...

LOL. This is totally wrong but still funny, I love the "how great are we" attitude. Plenty of women gamble. However Irish gambling establishments are about as welcoming to women as lions are to gazzelles. Women make up the highest % of online gamblers and in Vegas are by a HUGE margin the highest % of the slots players, by far the highest earning area of the casino.

I play a lot of live poker in Dublin and I wouldn't walk into a poker room as a woman unless I had a very very thick skin. It has nothing to do with intelligence. In fact, there are studies that show that a higher intelligence correlates with a higher propensity to gamble. It has a lot to do with being comfortable and Irish casinos and bookies just don't offer that.

July

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I play a lot of live poker in Dublin and I wouldn't walk into a poker room as a woman unless I had a very very thick skin. It has nothing to do with intelligence. In fact, there are studies that show that a higher intelligence correlates with a higher propensity to gamble. It has a lot to do with being comfortable and Irish casinos and bookies just don't offer that.

I was in a Dublin casino recently with a mixed sex group. I didn't feel like gambling at all, not even with the free chips I got for joining- I gave them to one of the lads. Found the place depressing tbh. So many losers in one room..

July

July wrote: »

I was in a Dublin casino recently with a mixed sex group. I didn't feel like gambling at all, not even with the free chips I got for joining- I gave them to one of the lads. Found the place depressing tbh. So many losers in one room..

To be honest I think anyone who plays house games is just proving the phrase "a fool and his money". I'd also like to point out that all your friends number amongst those fools and losers so don't be so quick to judge.

EDIT: There is a massive difference between house games and poker, just so you know.

July

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I'd also like to point out that all your friends number amongst those fools and losers so don't be so quick to judge..

I know, I was shocked.

Deleted User wrote: »

EDIT: There is a massive difference between house games and poker, just so you know.

Hands up, I haven't a clue. THANKFULLY! The few euro I lose on the lotto/scratchcards/horses is enough (too much) for me!

July

July wrote: »

Hands up, I haven't a clue. THANKFULLY! The few euro I lose on the lotto/scratchcards/horses is enough (too much) for me!

Ah no worries. Most people have no idea really. It's what makes it such a profitable game.

SarahSassy

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To be honest I think anyone who plays house games is just proving the phrase "a fool and his money".

You said my comments were totally wrong and then you said the same thing.

SarahSassy

SarahSassy wrote: »

You said my comments were totally wrong and then you said the same thing.

I think your arrogant love-in about women being too smart is wrong. Plenty of incredibly smart men and women gamble. I know plenty of intelligent people with a weakness for a gamble. The "fool and his money" comment was a cliche way of summarising my point. Plenty of very smart people do foolish things.

MissHoneyBun

Us gals take enough of a gamble any time we let a man into our lives Pighead

the dee

I'd get addicted too quickly if I gambled. I lost a small fortune to the slot machines in Courtown Co.Wexford as a child - all of my holiday spending money. I learned my lesson.

I still play the occasional game of poker with mates but always lose

Scratchcards are now my only gambling vice.

Aspiration

That was like me and Trabolgan, Dee lol

My mother gambles - actually the casino the parents go to would be 60:40 men is to women. ...But I think that might be down to the culture more than anything.

John Mason

i have a paddy power account and i like the odd flutter on the gee gees

Loopy

Years ago I worked in this place at weekends while I was in college, and it had a slot machine..

This guy used to come in every friday and gamble his wages in it.. He 'never' won and I just couldn't get my head around this. I started telling him, that it had just had a big payout hoping to deter him, but it didn't.

His wife came in one day really upset saying that she had no money for food for their kids because he had gambled it all in our stupid machine. I opened the machine and gave it all back to her (I got into deep shit for it). He was back in the next week

Obviously, its an addiction but I for one cant comprehend how people continually throw money away waiting for the big win...

After all that - I don't gamble... I buy the odd winning streak card cos Im convinced Im gonna be on that show. My friend won €40k on it and won a brand new golf the same year in a bloody Draw.. Lucky cow:p

pookie82

Men are bigger risk takers than women.

scoot on

I'm a girl and I gamble. Not regularly but I'm a big sports fan and i'll have a bet on things like World Cups, Euro championships, Heineken Cup etc etc. I've only ever been in a bookies once though and that was to buy gift vouchers for my bf's dad for Christmas... talk about standing out like a sore thumb!

Abi

Pighead wrote: »

So whats the chicks problem with gambling? Is it because you are just too clever to throw your money away or is it because you're intimidated by the bright lights and numbers?

Generally women who gamble like to have the odd flutter, throw €20 on something - lose- then scare themselves out of the bookies for a good while.

Men (for the most part) play smaller and slowly allow the money to dwindle away, while convincing themselves its only the odd €2 here and there. This process involves a lot of hanging around.

P.S. as friendly as the girls behind the counter seem, and perhaps even flirt a little with you - do actually think you are fuggin tosser.

LolaLuv

looptheloop wrote: »

His wife came in one day really upset saying that she had no money for food for their kids because he had gambled it all in our stupid machine. I opened the machine and gave it all back to her (I got into deep shit for it). He was back in the next week

That's a really sad story, but a very sweet thing that you did. In the US I'm sure you'd get arrested for that, so it also makes Ireland seem like a nice place. Good part of a depressing anecdote.

I find all casinos waaaaay too depressing, win or lose. My dad sort of goes a lot, and he always says you can tell the men that are frittering away their paychecks and probably letting their families go hungry. All the dead hope takes the pleasure out of it for me. (Anyway, I don't get much pleasure because I don't like spending money and not getting anything in return.)

Calina

I don't really get the question, to be honest. You might as well ask why girls don't go motorbike racing, or why they don't go drag racing, or why boys don't go shoe shopping on a Saturday. The truth is some do and some don't.

In short, I think a lot of it comes down to what you like. The way I see it, loosely, is gambling is some kind of a a hobby and you either like it or you don't.

Me, I couldn't care less. The last time I was in a casino with my sis, we both started with 20 dollars. She came out with zero, I came out with 30 because when I made a win that was profitable, I walked, whereas she saw the 20 dollars as the price of a night out, not far off the cost of going to the cinema, and played until it was gone.

She gets a kick out of it, I get bored. I think you'll find though, as well, that instead of playing to win, a lot of girls might just play not to lose. So the buzz that a lot of guys might get out of winning...it doesn't really cut it for the girls.

It's not really a measure of the worth of a person whether they gamble or not, in the same way as a BMW is not the measure of the worth of a person. Either you like BMWs or you don't, or you get a kick out of gambling or you don't. Lots of people don't like hill walking, but armies of people get a kick out of it. Me, I couldn't care less about gambling, but there's a lot of other things I do like so I do them instead.

deise gal

as an employee of a major irish bookmaker i was a little taken aback when one poster suggested that we flirt with the female punters and thinl they are tossers!

that is not the case at all every customer is a valued one regardless of their sex and in my opinon the reason that women do not gamble in bookmakers is that it is male dominated. And yes you would be surprised at the amount of women that do gamble this thread seems to suggest that women very seldom gamble and this is not the case at all!

one thing that boggles me about this industry is that while the punters are predominately male the staff are predominately female!????

jos28

My OH loves nothing more than a Saturday in the bookies, a night at the dogs, a day at the races ......
We have just come back from a week in the UK with friends and we went to 2 race meetings. The men were just so excited, they loved it all. The approach to the course, finding your spot, doing place pots, quad pots, tri casts, chatting with someone 'in the know',having a pint between races, on the stand shouting obscenities at the horses. Pighead might appreciate their excitement but it all meant nothing to me. Ok, I agree it was a nice social event but when it comes to handing money to a stranger to make a bet, sorry- I just don't get it. If I hand a crispy €10 to someone at a counter I want a nice bag with something pretty inside. The only people I could see at the races with big leather bags filled with money were the bookies. I got absolutely no thrill at all from watching the horse with my reluctantly given £5 on its back.
Pighead might like to know that the lads got the place pot and the quad pot up and walked away with loadsamoney. That did not even persuade me over to their side because I know it will all be gone back to the bookies next week. Now, I have to go the husband needs a lift to the bookies.:D

Ava Grace

I like to gamble, mix an addictive personality with a father who kept his kids occupied by teaching them how to play poker, 45 etc.. no making rockets out of a washing up liquid bottle and an egg carton for him :rolleyes:

Gambling is quite male dominated, in this country anyway. Loved Vegas when I was there but walking into a bookies in Ireland scares the bejaysus out of me, it's bordering on hostile.

I can really clean up in card games though, some men assume you're a precious silly little girl who can't play cards to save her life, it works out pretty nicely

brianthebard

Bookies in ireland tend to be treated as offices by the hard core gamblers.They usually have a kettle and stuff set up for them!There are few places where i feel intimidated but i wouldn't hang around in a bookies after making my bet,the mix of hostility, depression and pity is too much for me!

buckieburd

I like wandering in to the bookie the odd saturday, my sister worked in ladbrooks for years so have no probs writing out acculimators etc, quite like the atmospher in the bookies it's like a secret mans world that wimmins arnt meant to be in! Online accounts are a bit of a cop out, and dangerous I tend to spend more money on them...

But to my shame I alway pick a hourse if I ike the name, girly shamefullness I know ( :