"Do I have a gambling problem?"

This quiz can help you identify some signs of gambling harm in yourself.

If you’re worried gambling is causing harm in your life, this short quiz can help you understand the level of your gambling severity. These 9 questions are based on the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI). The questions relate to your gambling over the past year. You rate your answers on a scale from “never” to “almost daily."

This quiz only takes a few minutes. You don’t have to give any personal information, and your answers aren’t recorded.

Take the quiz now by answering the series of questions below.

2 minutes

Have you bet more than you could really afford to lose?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

Have you needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling of excitement?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

When you gambled, did you go back another day to try to win back the money you lost?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

Have you felt that you might have a problem with gambling?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

Has gambling caused you any health problems, including stress or anxiety?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

Have people criticised your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem, regardless of whether or not you thought it was true?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

Has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

Have you felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?

Never

Sometimes

Most of the time

Almost always

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