Lesson PLan

Gambling Behavior

Definition for “gamble”
1a: to play a game for (as money or property)
1b: to bet on an uncertain outcome

Gambling is playing a game of chance or betting money on the results of an event, race, game or outcome (Gambling Education for Teens)

Gambling involves games of CHANCE and games of SKILL
(CHANCE)
Rolling dice
Lotteries
Bingo
Scratch and win cards
Sporting events

(SKILL)
Poker
Pool
Darts
Race track betting
Sports

Types of Gambling
Normal Gambling
· What most people do for fun or entertainment

Problem Gambling
· When people gamble over the limit they have sat for themselves
· They gamble longer then they thought they would

Pathological or Compulsive Gambling
· An addictive illness
· A person has an uncontrollable need to gamble and won’t stop