Escape gambling

Recovery language

Definition

Gambling primarily to get away from something — anxiety, grief, boredom, a marriage — rather than to win. It is one of the listed diagnostic features of gambling disorder and tends to predict a different treatment path than gambling driven by action and competition.

Preferred phrasing

safe to use as written.

Source

https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm

Cite this

Betttr. "Escape gambling." The Gambling Recovery Glossary. https://betttr.net/glossary/escape-gambling/ (accessed 2026-09-20).

Last updated: 2026-09-20.

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