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Sandra Hayes of St. Louis has settled into a version of her life that she would have called a fantasy just six years ago. But it's easy to see this Powerball winner hasn't let the money change her.

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.

I thought I was lucky when I found a crumpled and forgotten $1 bill in my jeans pocket this week. But not quite as lucky as Gordon Carnese, who discovered a lotto ticket worth $2.6 million in his car's glove box. The 63-year-old Portland, Ore., man was cleaning out his glove...

Semi-retired Toronto welder Jorma Hogbacka won $14.8 million ($12.24 million in US Dollars) playing the Lottery, and he says he isn't surprised. "Four years ago, (a psychic) sent me a letter that said 'You'll be rich beyond your wildest dream'," he said. "It feels like another day, except I have a...