2. What is the largest amount of money you have ever gambled with on any one-day?
Ruling out pathological gambling behaviors. The Lie-Bet's two questions consistently differentiate between pathological gambling and nonproblem-gambling and are useful in screening to determine whether a longer tool (e.g., SOGS, DSM-IV) should be used in diagnostics. Lie-Bet Screening Instrument. South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) Blume & Leiseur 16 Questions #1 includes 12 categories to indicate frequency for several types of gambling (bet on sports, bingo, casinos) #16 includes 11 categories to indicate details on borrowing to pay gambling debts (from who, where, how) Questions 1, 2, 3, 12, 16j and 16k are not counted Score Interpretation.
______ Never Gambled ______ More than $100.00 up to $1,000
______ $ 1.00 or less ______ More than $1,000 up to $10,000
______ More than $1.00 up to $10.00 ______ More than $10,000
______ More than $10.00 up to 100.00
3. Check which of the following people in your life has (or had) a gambling problem.
_______ Father _______ Mother
Sogs Gambling Test Positive
_______ Brother/Sister _______ My spouse/partner
_______ My child(ren) _______ Another relative
_______ A Friend or someone important in my life
4. When you gamble, how often do you go back another day to win back money you have lost?
_______ Never _______ Most of the time
_______ Some of the time _______ Every time that I lose
(less than half of time I lose).
Sogs Gambling Test Questions
5. Have you ever claimed to be winning money gambling, but weren't really? In fact you lost?
_______ Never
_______ Yes, less than half the time I lost
_______ Yes, most of the time
6. Do you feel you have ever had a problem with betting or money gambling?
_______ No _______ Yes _______ Yes, in the past, but not now.
4. When you gamble, how often do you go back another day to win back money you have lost?
_______ Never _______ Most of the time
_______ Some of the time _______ Every time that I lose
(less than half of time I lose).
Sogs Gambling Test Questions
5. Have you ever claimed to be winning money gambling, but weren't really? In fact you lost?
_______ Never
_______ Yes, less than half the time I lost
_______ Yes, most of the time
6. Do you feel you have ever had a problem with betting or money gambling?
_______ No _______ Yes _______ Yes, in the past, but not now.
7. Did you ever gamble more than you intended to?
_______ Yes _______No
8. Have people criticized your betting or told you that you had a problem, regardless of whether or not you thought it was true?
_______ Yes _______No
9. Have you ever felt guilty about the way you gamble, or what happens when you gamble?
Sogs Gambling Test Results
_______ Yes _______No