Online Casino Before Booze Say UK Players

Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

ONLINE CASINO BETTING BEFORE BOOZE SAY UK PLAYERS

Inter online casino study shows that some UK respondents would rather play at online casinos than booze

Intercasino's recent UK study of online casino gaming habits was picked up by the UK Internet publication Webuser.co.uk this week in a story that focused on the predilection of some players for online gambling over enjoying a pint.

"UK online casino gamblers would rather gamble online than go to the pub to have a pint," Webuser reports, revealing that 38 percent of online casino gamblers would give up TV to play online while 19 percent would give up a drink in the pub. And 9 percent of casino and online poker players said that they would like to quit their jobs to play online professionally.

The survey uncovered some quirky nuggets, too like the fact that 15 percent of respondents said that they play online in their underwear or stark naked.

Some 375 000 UK gamblers play for over ten hours in any given week, and office managers shouldn't be too concerned - just 3 percent say they regularly play during office hours. More than 1.5 million internet users visit UK online casino and poker websites every month.

Most popular online game is Texas Hold 'Em Poker, followed by Blackjack, Roulette and other Poker variants, the survey found.