FOUR-QUESTION ASSESSMENT TOOL

1. Have you ever borrowed money in order to gamble or cover lost money?

2. Have you ever thought you might have a gambling problem, or been told that you might?

3. Have you ever been untruthful about the extent of your gambling, or hid it from others?

4. Have you ever tried to stop or cut back on how much or how often you gamble?

These four questions aid interviewers in identifying gambling problems. Answering "yes" to any one of these questions is suggestive of a problem deserving further exploration. Each additional "yes" increases the degree of certainty about the existence of a gambling problem. However, no one or two questions are adequate to capture the majority of those experiencing gambling problems.