Warning!

If you or someone close to you is gambling too much or too often, it can affect you mentally, emotionally and financially. If this feels like something you are experiencing, but you aren’t sure if it is because of a gambling problem, look for one or more of the following warning signs:

• Preoccupied with gambling and unable to stop
  
  
• Bragging about gambling, exaggerating wins and minimizing losses
  
  
• Restless and irritable when not gambling
  
  
• Gambling to "feel better"
  
  
• Borrowing money for gambling
  
  
• Lying to hide time spent gambling or unpaid debts
  
  
• Frequently inexplicably absent
  
  
• Chasing losses (gambling to win back losses)
  
  
• Losing work time because of gambling
  
  
• Doing something illegal to get money for gambling
  
  
• Jeopardizing a significant relationship or job by gambling