- Gambling more frequently or for longer than intended

- Lying about where money goes

- Declining work or school performance

- Borrowing money in order to gamble

- Increasing preoccupation with gambling

- Distancing or isolating from family or friends

- Unable to pay bills or cover expenses

- Chasing losses, or returning the next day to win back what was lost

- Committing/considering committing a crime to finance gambling

- Making repeated unsuccessful efforts to control or stop gambling

— Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania