Oregon analysts say that slots gambling and gambling in general is on the track to global “feminization”. Statewide surveys report that Oregon female gamblers supplant male ones by almost 3,000. Jeffrey Marotta, a clinical psychologist, who manages problem gambling services for the state Department of Human Services, contended that though currently nationwide, men make up two-thirds of problem gamblers, it may be safe to assume that in the nearest future, women will make up at least 50 percent of the problem gamblers, once additional slot machines are introduced.
The Legislature is urged to spare at least $9 million for gambling addiction treatment programs in the upcoming two years. Researchers note that video slots are becoming more popularized among women, since the game has the least deterring effects. There is no card table at which one has to face male jokes on little women learning how to gamble.
Other reasons for such a lure surrounding video slots, is that these machines are usually installed in brightly lit attractive places, such as coffee chops, delis and bowling alleys and women feel at ease in these places.
