First Step Test

Enter your responses to the First Step Test below and then click on the Get Results button.

Thinking about the past 12 months:
1.	Have you spent money on any of the following gambling activities:
	Betting with family or friends (eg. card or dice games, billiards, darts, sports tipping, sweeps) Bingo Casino Table Games (all games other than pokies eg. poker, roulette, blackjack, baccarat) Club Keno Internet Gambling (eg. online casinos, online poker) Lotteries (eg. Scratchies, Tattslotto, Powerball, OzLotto) Pokies Racing (including TABs, Bookmakers, Betting exchanges) Raffles Sports Betting (including TABs, Bookmakers, Betting exchanges)
2.	How often have you bet more than you could really afford to lose?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always
3.	How often have you needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling of excitement?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always
4.	How often have you gone back another day to try to win back the money you lost?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always
5.	How often have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always
6.	How often have you felt that you might have a problem with gambling?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always
7.	How often have people criticized your betting or told you that you had a gambling problem, regardless of whether or not you thought it was true?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always
8.	How often have you felt guilty about the way you gamble, or what happens when you gamble?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always
9.	How often has your gambling caused you any health problems, including stress or anxiety?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always
10.	How often has your gambling caused any financial problems for you or your household?
	Never	Sometimes	Most of the time	Almost always

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