The
essential features of pathological gambling are:
1. Increasing preoccupation with gambling;
2. A need to bet more money, and more frequently;
3. Restlessness or irritability when attempting to reduce or stop
gambling;
4. Chasing losses;
5. A loss of control;
6. Continuation of gambling behaviour despite mounting negative consequences
Pathological gambling has serious psychological, social and
financial consequences.
