Grade 8 | Unit 8.5 | Page 9 Unit 8.5 Transparency 2 SHOULD I GAMBLE OR NOT? There are times when a person should not gamble at all: • When an individual is under the legal gambling age, 18. • When using substances that impair decisions or alter moods, e.g. alcohol or drugs. • When other people or responsibilities are being neglected as a result of the gambling. • When the gambling activity is illegal. People who after careful consideration still choose to gamble should keep the following guidelines in mind: • Maintain balance. • Set limits. • Never borrow money to gamble. • Assess your reasons for gambling. • Know that gambling is not essential for having a good time. • Know that you cannot control the selection process of the outcome of a game of chance. Winning is a matter of luck. • Recognize that the longer you play, the more it will cost you. FREE HELPLINE: 0800 006 008 Consolidation: Are you now able to: • Outline how to make responsible decisions about risky behaviour like gambling? • Assess your own risky circumstances? • Discuss the probability of winning (and losing!) in games of chance? • Distinguish between the different levels of control you have over decision- making processes, over risky circumstances in which you find yourself, and over the selection process of outcomes in games of chance? • Know where to seek help for a gambling problem?

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Grade 8 | Unit 8.5 | Page 9

Unit 8.5Transparency 2

SHOULD I GAMBLE OR NOT?

There are times when a person should not gamble at all:

• When an individual is under the legal gambling age, 18.• When using substances that impair decisions or alter moods, e.g. alcohol

or drugs.• When other people or responsibilities are being neglected as a result of

the gambling.• When the gambling activity is illegal.People who after careful consideration still choose to gamble should keep thefollowing guidelines in mind:• Maintain balance.• Set limits.• Never borrow money to gamble.• Assess your reasons for gambling.• Know that gambling is not essential for having a good time.• Know that you cannot control the selection process of the outcome of a

game of chance. Winning is a matter of luck.• Recognize that the longer you play, the more it will cost you.

FREE HELPLINE: 0800 006 008

Consolidation:Are you now able to:

• Outline how to make responsible decisions about risky behaviour likegambling?

• Assess your own risky circumstances?• Discuss the probability of winning (and losing!) in games of chance?• Distinguish between the different levels of control you have over decision-

making processes, over risky circumstances in which you find yourself, andover the selection process of outcomes in games of chance?

• Know where to seek help for a gambling problem?