Sogs Gambling Test

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• Sogs Gambling Testimony
• Sogs Gambling Screening
• Sogs Gambling Test Strips

2. What is the largest amount of money you have ever gambled with on any one-day?

______ 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

_______ 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).

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?

_______ Yes _______No

Sogs Gambling Testimony

SOUTH OAKS GAMBLING SCREEN-SCORE SHEET

Scores on the SOGS are determined by scoring one point for each question that shows the 'at risk' response indicated and adding the total points.

Question 1 Not counted

Question 2 Not counted

Question 3 Not counted

Question 4 ________ Most of the time I lose, or Yes, every time I lose

Question 5 ________ Yes, less than half the time I lose or Yes, most of the time

Question 6 ________ Yes, in the past but not now or Yes

Question 7 ________ Yes

Question 8 ________ Yes

Question 9 ________ Yes

Question 10________ Yes

Question 11________ Yes

Question 12 Not counted

Question 13________ Yes

Question 14________ Yes

Question 15________ Yes

Question 16a________Yes

Question 16b________Yes

Question 16c________Yes

Question 16d________Yes

Sogs Gambling Screening

Question 16e________Yes

Question 16f________Yes

Question 16g________Yes

Question 16h________Yes

Question 16i________ Yes

Question 16j Not counted

Question 16k Not counted

TOTAL: ___________

(maximum score = 20)

Sogs Gambling Test Strips

Interpreting the score:

0 No problem with gambling

1-4 Some problems with gambling

5 or more Probable Pathological Gambler