| In times now long passed, casino
gaming used to be a pastime totally dominated by
guys, but nowadays all that is changing as more and
more super skilful ladies are picking up the cards,
throwing the dice and winning big. In this article,
JENNIFER BENTLEY argues that it is online gaming that
helped women enjoy the thrills of gaming...
When you actually stop for a second and think about
it, the fact that women make such good gamblers seems
pretty obvious. In general men are creatures of logic
and rigid calculation, women on the other hand are beings
of sensation and intuition, when they feel something…
they know it! This isn’t to say that women aren’t
as good as men at card-counting or doing the necessary
number crunching that goes along with working out the
odds of a successful bet, because we all know that women
are just as good as men at math. Instead what we need
to realize is that feminine intuition and sensational
wins walk hand in hand, after all who is that every
gamer prays to when they want to hit the jackpot?…
LADY LUCK!
Throughout history women have always been keen and
able gamers, the only thing that stopped them from achieving
fame and fortune in the world of gambling were the sexist
attitudes of men who just couldn’t bear to lose
to a lady. Don’t believe me?… Take a minute
to leaf through a history book and you will find countless
tales about the legendary Poker Alice who out-wagered
and out-bluffed the roughest cowboys and gunslingers
in the Old American West. Sadly, though it’s true
to say that Poker Alice is one of only a few well known
women in gambling lore. But as we speak there is a quiet
revolution taking place, as mothers are winning big
money, daughters are doubling their bets, sisters are
raising the stakes, and aunties are upping the antes!
Why is this happening you ask? Simple, online gaming
has empowered women helping them to enjoy the thrills
and excitement of the casino in the comfort of their
own homes. Land based casinos, as spectacular as they
may be, still have a lot of the old male chauvinist
stigma about them. With online gaming, ladies can play
in complete security without having to think about some
guy watching and scrutinizing every move they make.
Even the amazing World Series of Poker competitor Anne
Duke has been on receiving end of unpleasant comments
from her male counterparts, in a 2004 interview she
commented ‘poker is very stressful… when
guys look around the table they aren't going to let
their stress out on the big guy in the corner, it's
going to be me.”
The fact that ladies are making waves in the world
of online gaming is something to be celebrated by
everybody; especially us guys, after all we stand to
learn a lot from all you big winning women out there!
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