Men and women: who gambles more and why

It is commonly believed that gambling is a male-only endeavor. However, there is a huge amount of prejudice in this area, as well as in many other areas. We tell you about the opinions of scholars and experts on this issue.

In some countries and cultures, soccer, fishing, driving, law, cooking, computer programming, medicine and any other science are considered “male” fields.

The gender identity of gambling, on the other hand, is more ambiguous.

Over time, many card games and other money-making pastimes have been open to men and women.

But with the advent of thousands of bookmakers with betting on sporting events, online casinos and virtual slot machines, gambling has now also become part of the “men’s business”.

Even the advertisements of such gambling shows this: images of half-naked maidens attract men to web casinos or betting shops.

Although you may be a little surprised by the real state of affairs.

We explain why men and women have different gambling addictions and tell you which gender is more addicted to gambling.

Female gambling: the report claims that approximately 30% of female survey participants have been involved in gambling in the past four weeks.

However, 36% of the men in the survey reported that they had also gambled in similar circumstances.

While at first glance gambling addiction may appear to be an exclusively male issue, there are several important issues surrounding the issue.

Marina Smith, head of the charity’s gambling addiction program, stated that 30% of users of the UK’s national gambling addiction helpline were women.

Between 2023 and 2025, the number of women calling the gaming addiction helpline increased twice as much as men.

Experts believe that virtual casinos and online bookmakers have also worsened women’s gambling addiction. Women are less likely to go to offline gambling halls, but rather bet online.

Thus, psychologists recommend taking female gambling addiction more seriously.