CasinoWidows.com
Below is one possible definition I found of what a Casino Widow is like:
"Typical candidates are elderly women in their 50s or 60s, widows whose husbands left them access to small fortunes. Most who gamble have seen these creatures: heavy make-up, handbag hung over left arm, cigarette in mouth, the type who will stand or sit for hours at a machine, day after day, continuously losing money."
"In fact, if you watch their behavior you may see that it is often repetitive and ritualized. There was one woman in the local casino who exemplified this pattern: when attempting to get more change from her bag, the cigarette would be transferred permanently to her mouth, to free up more hands and time to dig into the handbag with one hand, and keep playing with the other. You could hear her grumbling if she lost, but she'd always be back for more punishment."
Below is one possible definition I found of what a Casino Widow is like:
"Typical candidates are elderly women in their 50s or 60s, widows whose husbands left them access to small fortunes. Most who gamble have seen these creatures: heavy make-up, handbag hung over left arm, cigarette in mouth, the type who will stand or sit for hours at a machine, day after day, continuously losing money."
"In fact, if you watch their behavior you may see that it is often repetitive and ritualized. There was one woman in the local casino who exemplified this pattern: when attempting to get more change from her bag, the cigarette would be transferred permanently to her mouth, to free up more hands and time to dig into the handbag with one hand, and keep playing with the other. You could hear her grumbling if she lost, but she'd always be back for more punishment."
