UK Women Warm To Online Betting
1 Feb 2005
UK – As reported by the Register: "Online gambling in the UK has grown 566 per cent since 2003 and the fast growth is mainly due to a big increase in the number of women betting online. In the early 90s, women represented just four per cent of gamblers but now 20 per cent of British women visit an online casino or betting site more than once a year.
"…The survey was carried out by 888.com - an online casino owned by Cassava Enterprises.
"Online casinos are seen as a big money opportunity although there are concerns they might suffer from changes to the tax regime in Europe.
"…Online poker is one of the biggest money pots on the web - sites bring $2m to $2.5m a day. In the course of a year more than $16bn is bet on internet poker games. New technology has helped push Britain up the gambling tables - the UK is now the fourth largest gambling nation in the world…"