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The severity of America's gambling addiction isn't too far behind the nation's drug problem, and it's growing. In 2007, Americans lost more than $92 billion gambling, almost 10 times more than what U.S. moviegoers spent on tickets -- and about nine times what they lost 15 years earlier.

A number of U.S. states hope to balance their budgets by allowing gambling, then taxing it. But that's a gamble in its own right; in light of new industry reports, these states could be in for a big disappointment -- as the gaming industry has been hard hit by the recession. States such as Ohio,...

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