Between soft drinks, cigarette smoke and coffee, the buddy talks about children and husbands are left behind. The most important thing is to pay complete attention to the game, think about the strategy, any kind of hesitation could make them lose the game.

It started as a hobby that could, if luck was with them, get them some money as well as fun. Soon after, the excuse was getting together with friends, but nowadays it’s more than obvious that, for many, it has turned into a passion that went further than an innocent hobby.

The gaming venues in Mexico currently attract plenty of women who play in the bingo room, as well as in the slot machines and they even try out their luck with sports bets, the female presence is no longer strange.

“We started to do it not to get bored, to hang out, because since there was no TV and the husbands worked, went to the club or on trips, we started to get together to play some Uruguayan canasta, or baccarat, and then we started to get involved in games considered men games”, said a female player who loves to spend hours playing in the slot machines.