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Floyd Mayweather isn’t the only celebrity with a gambling problem; Charles Barkley claims that his gambling problem has cost him $10 million. Former NBA star and current TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley reveled his own struggles with gambling in an interview with ESPN. Barkley said he lost “probably $10 million…it is a problem for me.” Charles Barkley admits that just because you have millions of dollars doesn’t I've you the right to gamble all the time. It can ruin anyone’s life. “Do I have a gambling problem? It’s just a stupid habit that I've got to get under control” (Barkley, sports.espn.go.com) people say that the first step to overcoming a problem is admitting that you have a problem and that’s exactly what Barkley did. He admitted that he has a gambling problem.