Table 1.

Frequency of diagnostic criteria for lifetime gambling disorder

Diagnostic criterion	Proportion positive in gambling disorder group (%)
Preoccupation with gambling	81.4
Needs to gamble with increasing amounts of money	79.1
Repeated unsuccessful efforts to control gambling	58.1
Withdrawal symptoms	69.8
Gambles as a way of escaping	53.5
Chasing losses	81.4
Lies to conceal the extent of involvement in gambling	74.4
Committed illegal acts to finance gambling	51.2
Jeopardized relationships, job etc.	23.3
Relies on others to provide money	14.0