SIGNS OF PROBLEM GAMBLING
- Thinks constantly about gambling
- Increases bets to sustain the thrill
- Exhibits agitation when cutting back
- “Chases” losses with more gambling
- Lies to conceal their gambling activity
- Finances bets through illegal acts
- Jeopardizes significant relationships with family and friends
- Relies on others to bail them out
- Fails in their efforts to control or stop gambling
- preoccupation with gambling (reliving gambling experiences, planning the next venture or
thinking of ways in which to gamble)
- needing to gamble with increasing amounts of money in order to achieve the desired
excitement
- trying to control, cut down or stop gambling unsuccessfully
- felling restless or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop gambling
- using gambling as a way to escape problems or bad moods (helplessness, guilt, anxiety, or
depression)
- returning to gamble after losing money gambling
- lying to conceal the extent of involvement with gambling
- committing illegal acts, such as forgery, fraud, theft, or embezzlement to finance gambling
- jeopardizing or losing a significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity
because of gambling
- relying on others to get out of debt
Source: The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS)
The American Association Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV)
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