# Problem and Pathological Gambling Measure (PPGM)¹⁸

1. a) Has your involvement in gambling caused you either to borrow a significant amount of money or sell some of your possessions in the past 12 months?

1. b) Has your involvement in gambling caused significant financial concerns for you or someone close to you in the past 12 months?

(Note: do not score 1 for 1b if 1 has already been scored for 1a)

2. Has your involvement in gambling caused significant mental stress in the form of guilt, anxiety, or depression for you or someone close to you in the past 12 months?

3. a) Has your involvement in gambling caused serious problems in your relationship with your spouse/partner, or important friends or family in the past 12 months?

3. b) Has your involvement in gambling caused you to repeatedly neglect your children or family in the past 12 months?

(Note: do not score 1 for 3b if 1 has already been scored for 3a)

4. Has your involvement in gambling resulted in significant health problems or injury for you or someone close to you in the past 12 months?

5. a) Has your involvement in gambling caused significant work or school problems for you or someone close to you in the past 12 months?

5. b) Has your involvement in gambling caused you to miss a significant amount of time off work or school in the past 12 months?

(Note: do not score 1 for 5b if 1 has already been scored for 5a)

6. Has your involvement in gambling caused you or someone close to you to write bad cheques, take money that didn't belong to you or commit other illegal acts to support your gambling in the past 12 months?

7. Is there anyone else who would say that your involvement in gambling in the past 12 months has caused any significant problems regardless of whether you agree with them or not?

8. In the past 12 months, have you often gambled longer, with more money or more frequently than you intended to?

9. In the past 12 months, have you often gone back to try and win back the money you lost?

10. a) In the past 12 months, have you made any attempts to either cut down, control or stop your gambling?

(Note: if 'No', skip question and go to Question 11)

10. b) Were you successful in these attempts?

(Note: Score 1 for 'No' and 0 for 'Yes')

11. In the past 12 months, is there anyone else who would say that you have had difficulty controlling your gambling, regardless of whether you agreed with them or not?

12. In the past 12 months, would you say you have been preoccupied with gambling?

13. In the past 12 months, when you were not gambling did you often experience irritability, restlessness or strong cravings for it?

14. In the past 12 months, did you find you needed to gamble with larger and larger amounts of money to achieve the same level of excitement?