Gambling Self Test for Teens

A Gambling Self-Test for Teens

Yes No

1.
Do your friends gamble a lot?

2.
Do you gamble at school?

3.

Have you ever stayed away from school or work to gamble?

4.

Is gambling more important than school or work?

5,

Do you often spend your free time involved in gambling activities such as poker, sports betting, dice, etc.?

6. When you are gambling, do you tend to lose track of time and forget about everything else?

7. Do you often daydream about gambling?

8. When you do win, do you want to return to gamble as soon as possible, because you believe that you will continue winning?

9. When you lose, do you feel you must bet as soon as possible to win back your losses?

10. Do you often gamble with money your originally intended to uses for other things - like lunch, clothing, tapes/CDs, etc.?

11. Do you ever borrow money to gamble?

12. Do you ever try to prevent your family and friends from knowing how much and how often you gamble?

13. Have you ever sold a favorite possession or something very special to get money to gamble or o pay a gambling debt?

14. Do you ever lie about your gambling? For example, do you ever tell people that you did not gamble, or that you won money gambling, when in fact you had lost money or possessions?

15. Do you ever get into arguments with your parents because of gambling, or with friends over a gambling activity?

16. Do you feel depressed, or lose sleep, or feel guilty, because you lost gambling money?

17. Have you ever thought of suicide, as a way of solving your problems?

18. Does one or both of your parents do a lot of gambling?

Self Scoring Guide:

3 - 4 Yes: Time to wonder if your gambling is getting out of hand.

5 - 7 Yes: You are losing control over your gambling.

More than 7 Yes: Seek appropriate help for what is clearly a problem.

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