20 QUESTIONS...
 

Twenty questions that may help you decide whether compulsive gambling is a problem for you or someone you know. Click the box after each question if "yes".

 

 
1.   Do you lose time from work due to gambling? 
2.   Is gambling making your home life unhappy? 
3.   Does gambling affect your reputation? 
4.   Have you ever felt remorse after gambling? 
5.   Do you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties? 
6.   Does gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency? 
7.   After losing, do you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses? 
8.   After a win. do you have a strong urge to return and win more? 
9.   Do you often gamble until your last dollar is gone? 
10.  Do you ever borrow to finance your gambling? 
11.  Have you ever sold any real estate or personal property to finance your gambling? 
12.  Are you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures?
13.  Does gambling make you careless of the welfare of your family? 
14.  Do you ever gamble longer than you planned? 
15.  Do you ever gamble to escape worry and trouble?
16.  Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to
finance gambling?
17.  Does gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping? 
18.  Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble? 
19.  Do you have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling? 
20.  Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling? 

 

IF 7 OUT OF THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED "YES" TO, YOU HAVE A SERIOUS GAMBLING PROBLEM.