Abstract: Personality disorder is one of the final conclusions of pathological gambling. This paper sorts and introduces the personality traits related to pathological gambling such as neuroticism, psychoticism, sensation seeking and mindfulness. Also it provides some evidences in the field of trans-cultural research. At the end, it questions the existing conclusions and puts forward some further researches on the query of typical qualities of samples, relationship between the personality traits and gambling, and the enhancement of indigenous study

Key words: pathological gambling, personality disorder, personality trait