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The self-check · answer for the past 12 months

Twelve honest questions. No email. Nothing stored.

This is our own instrument, written in plain language and scored against the nine criteria clinicians use for gambling disorder (DSM-5). It is an educational screen, not a diagnosis. It runs entirely on this page — your answers are never stored or sent.

Before you start: if money loss has you thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 now. Gambling debt is survivable — people rebuild from exactly where you are.

  1. 1.Have you gone back — the next day or the same night — to try to win back money you lost?

  2. 2.Do you need bigger bets now to feel the rush that small ones used to give you?

  3. 3.When you try to cut back or stop, do you get restless, irritable, or on edge?

  4. 4.Have you promised yourself you'd stop or slow down — and not been able to make it stick?

  5. 5.Do you spend a lot of time replaying old bets, planning the next one, or working out how to fund it?

  6. 6.Do you gamble to switch your brain off — when you're stressed, low, anxious, or numb?

  7. 7.Have you hidden bets, deleted an app before someone could see it, or lied about how much you've lost?

  8. 8.Have you borrowed money, sold something, or had someone cover a debt because of gambling?

  9. 9.Has gambling put a relationship, job, or school commitment at risk — or already cost you one?

  10. 10.Is there a betting or casino app you've deleted and reinstalled more than once?

  11. 11.Have you gambled with money that was meant for rent, bills, or groceries?

  12. 12.After a win, do you keep going until it's gone more often than you walk away?

This screen is educational, not a diagnosis — only a professional assessment can make one. Nothing you answered was stored or sent; it all stays on this page.

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