8 Celebrities with Gambling Histories Wilder than Miley Cyrus

7. Gladys Knight

The four-time Grammy award winning artist developed a severe gambling addiction while living and performing in Las Vegas. In an interview with JET, Knight described her addiction saying, “The pit bosses and dealers became my family. I felt protected. I lost my way for a while. I had gotten to the point where I would spend things that I shouldn’t have been spending. I was in debt to a degree. It hurt me to hurt my family. I know people were talking about it, saying, ‘She’s got a problem.’ I’ve always been a private person, but it was getting to be a very public thing. In a way, I was ruining a good name. I’d get out of my bed and go to the casino at 2:00 a.m. I was out of control.” Luckily, Knight received treatment for her compulsive gambling and has since quit.