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It ’ s no secret that the sports betting landscape has long been maledominated . But a September survey from Betting Ladies asked 144 female bettors about their betting preferences and spending habits , and over half ( 62 percent ) said that they occasionally hide their winning amounts from their partners .
Additionally , 88 percent of respondents indicated that they would share a large win with their partner , but over a third ( 39 percent ) have never told their partner that they bet at all . With regard to sports and bet types , football was by far the most popular sport for female bettors , garnering 72 percent of the vote . Straight money-line bets ( 28 percent ) were the most popular type , followed by player props ( 19 percent ) and parlays ( 17 percent ).
Beauty products were the most popular avenue for spending winnings , at 30 percent . Clothes and shoes were a close second at 28 percent and nights out and entertainment came in at 24 percent . The smallest category was saving and investments , at 4 percent .
88 % would share a large win with their partner
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How susceptible are gambling websites to online bot attacks ? Less so than any other industry , according to the 2024 Global Bot Security Report from online fraud specialists DataDome . The report conducted bot checks on over 14,000 of the world ’ s highest-grossing websites , all of which receive at least 5 million visitors per month .
In all , gambling ranked as the best-protected industry against such attacks , out of 18 total . The data showed that just over 15 percent of gambling sites successfully blocked all test bot attacks , and another 40 percent blocked at least some of the attacks . Forty-four percent failed all tests , which was actually the lowest percentage of any sector .
But researchers did note that the gambling industry ’ s performance fell sharply from last year , when only 37 percent of domains blocked all attacks . After gambling , the media and airline industries were ranked as the second- and third-best performers . Disturbingly , the health sector had the worst protection , followed by luxury and e-commerce .
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