The first diagnostic criteria for gambling disorder were presented in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSM-III ( American Psychiatric Association, 1980), classified within impulse control disorders. More recently, in the initial version of the ICD-11, it was indicated that gambling disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gambling behavior that may be online (in other words, through the Internet) or offline, and that the individual has no control over it, prioritizes it over other activities and continues to engage in it despite the negative consequences it entails. The World Health Organization took the diagnostic criteria from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ICD-10 and defined them as frequent, repeated episodes of betting that dominate the patient’s life, leading them to ignore social, occupational, material, and familial aspects ( World Health Organization, 2004). Gambling disorder was acknowledged as a problem in 1992.

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