NODS Self-Assessment Screening Tool

1. Have there ever been periods lasting two weeks or longer when you spent a lot of time thinking about your gambling experiences, planning out future gambling ventures or bets, or thinking about ways of getting money to gamble with?

2. Have there ever been periods when you needed to gamble with increasing amounts of money or with larger bets than before in order to get the same feeling or excitement?

3. Have you ever felt restless or irritable when trying to stop, cut down or control your gambling?

4. Have you ever tried and not succeeded in stopping, cutting down or controlling your gambling three or more times in your life?

5. Have you ever gambled to escape from personal problems or to relieve uncomfortable feelings, such as guilt, anxiety, helplessness or depression?

6. Has there ever been a period, if you lose gambling money one day, you would often return another to get even?

7. Have you lied to family members, friends or others about how much you gamble and/or about how much you lost on gambling, on at least three occasions?

8. Have you written a bad check or taken money that didn’t belong to you from family members, friends or anyone else in order to pay for your gambling?

9. Has gambling ever caused serious or repeated problems in your relationships with any of your family member or friends? Or has your gambling ever caused you problems at work or at school?

10. Have you ever needed to ask family members, friends, a lending institution or anyone else to loan you money or otherwise bail you out of a desperate money situation that has largely caused by your gambling?