For those who are concerned, the following questionnaire from Gamcare may offer some valued guidance:

Have others ever criticized your gambling?
Have you ever lied to cover up the amount you have gambled or time you have spent doing it?
Do arguments, frustrations or disappointments make you want to gamble?
Do you gamble alone for long periods?
Do you stay away from work, college or school to gamble?
Do you gamble to escape from a boring or unhappy life?
Are you reluctant to spend 'gambling money' on anything else?
Have you lost interest in your family, friends or pastimes due to gambling?
After losing, do you feel you must try and win back your losses as soon as possible?
When gambling and you run out of money, do you feel lost and in despair, and need to gamble again as soon as possible?
Do you gamble until your last penny is gone?
Have you lied, stolen or borrowed just to get money to gamble or to pay gambling debts?
Do you feel depressed or even suicidal because of your gambling?

****ing stupid question.

Sweet, got 7, what do I win?

sorry i don't gamble and aside from being 'down' for a bit on occasion, have none of those issues

I got 2.

Only 1: "After losing, do you feel you must try and win back your losses as soon as possible?"

Man, I only got 6. I was hoping for more.

Btw quizzes like these are ******ed and tell you absolutely nothing about gambling addiction.

All yes, hell yeah.

BRM makes you a gambling addict now?

It always has...think about it.

Seems like the most obvious one

i got 11

this one i couldnt answer because ive never run out of money

i love how pussy all this stuff is tho.

its like - omg you are working hard at something? does working hard make you feel tired? tired is bad you better stop that and come drink tea with the rest of us failures.

I'd answer this, but I don't have time, I've got to get back to the casino. I lost everything last night, so I'm feeling low. But don't tell my wife!

I got 2. Guess I don't win :-(

This thread again..sigh

I think the questions are quite good because most pokerplayers get low scores on it if they arent addicted, so seems accurate.

i have absolutely zero addiction and would stop playing poker outside of the occasional home game tmr if i didnt need the money. just fwiw.

i got 3

rofl, good one.

2. I gamble for long periods of time alone, and don't wish to spend my bankroll on non-gambling items.

Guess I'm not a DEGENERATE

you appear to belong here in nvg

I got 2.

Oh no, criticism for gambling. Oh NO! I play alone for long periods!

THE TWELVE QUESTIONS

1. Have you ever lost time from school or with your family due to work?
2. Has work ever made your home life unhappy?
3. Has work ever affected your reputation?
4. Have you ever felt remorse after work?
5. Have you ever worked to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?
6. Has work caused a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?
7. Have you ever worked longer than you had planned?
8. Has work made you careless of the welfare of yourself and your family?
9. Have you ever worked to escape worry, trouble, boredom or loneliness?
10. Has work caused you to have difficulty sleeping?
11. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to keep working?
12. Have you ever considered self-destruction or suicide as a result of your work?

MOST COMPULSIVE WORKERS WILL ANSWER YES TO AT LEAST FIVE OF THESE QUESTIONS!

i said yes to every one but the last
if i won all the real money in the world id start playing playmoney poker just to stay in the action