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February 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Daniel Martin
Last updated at 11:43 PM on 3rd February 2012
On the rise: The number of women gambling has risen
There has been a surge in gambling by women over the past decade, experts have warned MPs.
Excluding those who only enter the National Lottery, the proportion of the female population who gamble has soared by a third to more than half for the first time.
So many women are now problem gamblers that one addiction centre in London is offering child-minding services to encourage mothers to attend.
There have been particularly large rises in the numbers of women buying scratch cards, playing slot machines and betting online.
At the same time the number of ‘grey gamblers’ – over-75s and particularly widowed people – who have taken up betting has increased.
The revelation comes just weeks after the Daily Mail disclosed that teenagers are now twice as likely to have a gambling problem as adults.
A submission by the National Centre for Social Research to the Commons culture select committee, which is investigating the working of Labour’s 2005 Gambling Act, gives details of the changing profile of gamblers over the past decade.
The researchers wrote: ‘We see more women and older people becoming involved with gambling and an increase in the proportion of people who gamble regularly.
‘The latter is particularly important as higher levels of gambling involvement are associated with problem gambling.’
Figures in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey for 2010, quoted by the research team, show that men are still more likely than women to gamble, but that the gap is getting narrower.
In 2010, some 75 per cent of men said they had gambled over the past year, slightly down on the 76 per cent recorded in 1999. However, the proportion of women who gambled went up from 68 to 71 per cent.
If the effect of the National Lottery is taken out, the rise among women is from 41 to 53 per cent – almost a third.
Lucky streak: Scratch cards are amongst those favoured by women
Some 33 per cent of women took part in gambling during the week before they were questioned, the survey found, against 38 per cent of men.
Around 0.3 per cent of women are deemed to be ‘problem gamblers’, up from 0.2 per cent in 1999.
Women aged between 45 and 65 are most likely to be frequent gamblers.
The report also looked at types of gambling. Women are far more likely to play bingo than men.
But while men are less likely to gamble on slot machines than a decade ago, the percentage of women playing them has gone up from 8 to 10 per cent.
Spelling out the soaring numbers of pensioners, widows and widows taking up gambling, the report said: ‘Estimates among those aged 75 and over increased from 52 per cent in 1999 to 63 per cent in 2010.
‘However, for those aged 16-54, estimates in 2010 were largely similar to those observed in 1999.’
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i thought men pay for everything lol
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I’m not at all surprised. With the bad news that I have to wait an extra 4 yers for my pension and 5 for my bus pass I’m sure the future will be a right struggle. Not sure what the answer is really. I play the National Lottery every week and over the past 5 years I’ve seen a “return” of about £1 in £25 – dreadful.
Agree with Sam,London- 08.47. – they all look too good to be true.
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It is sad in general to see many of the same faces spending lots on scratchcards that appear like sweet wrappers apart from the different type of lottery games and it feels like many could be throwing money away for the thrill of a one second scratch or 20 second drag out of the lottery numbers. I cannot know their financial status and they certainly are not all women but it feels like they do not know the unlikelihood of at least breaking even and seem to spend a lot on the idea they are bound to win a million or more eventually.
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The gambling adds on TV are targeted towards women.
– Just Me, Down South, 4/2/2012 9:05
Most ads on TV are targeted towards women.
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More women may be playing the lottery, but the majority of jackpot winners are men 🙁
– Lucy, Kent, 4/2/2012 8:48
What are you suggesting?
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So more men than women gamble but it’s women who need protection? Isn’t that just another way of saying that women are more stupid and should be treated like children?
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I don’t think online gambling sites should be allowed to sponsor tv programmes. Especially not all through the day when many women who are home with children could be tempted to see a quick fix or bit of “me time” Ironically Jeremy Kyle who had a gambling addiction has his programme sponsored by a gambling site. It is a rare thing to be a winner when gambling. There are far more losers.
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i play poker online regularly and know i am a responsible gambler and when my luck turns bad for acouple of days i give it a rest. after playing for more than 10yrs i have won more than i’ve lost, and enjoy playing. there will always be people who cannot handle things in life — druggies and alcoholics for example and although statistics always show the bad side, the majority of people who gamgle are sensible. it wouldn’t surprise me if this is merely a ploy to stop internet gambling all because of the few who are irresponsible. come on women (and i am one) bin the bingo and slot machines. it’s not rocket science to realise you are playing games and machines that rely on luck not any type of skill.
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I asked my Local newsagents if she knows of any customer over the years that has ever won a big prize on the Lotto scratch cards?
She replied with a resounding NO.
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The gambling adds on TV are targeted towards women.
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