Check periodically to assess your gambling habits. We would like to help you to better understand them and correct them if necessary. Start from this easy test — it will just take a minute:
- Have betting or gambling often caused you problems at work or at home in the last 1 year?
- Have betting or gambling caused arguments or other serious problems with your neighbours, colleagues, family or friends in the last 1 year?
- Have you tried to hide the amount that you wanted to bet from family members or friends in the last 1 year?
- When in reality you are losing, do you sometimes say that you are winning?
- Have you had to increase the amount of your betting and gambling to keep it exciting with the passing of time?
- Have you used gambling or betting to escape from personal problems or to feel better in the last 1 year?
- In the last 1 year, after having lost money gambling, have you immediately gambled again to try to win back the money lost?
- In the last 1 year, have you tried to collect money for bets by using false cheques, stealing or by resorting to other illegal acts?
- In the last 1 year, have you gambled even though you had promised yourself not to do so, or have had amounts of bets in excess of or for a longer time period than what you prearranged?
If you have responded yes to more than five questions, betting is no longer a form of entertainment for you and may constitute a serious problem. Therefore seriously consider the possibility of taking a break and seek help.