I disagree with HairBug on this one. I truly belive they are real because it is in my family and there always seems to be one in each generation. My grandmother (one of 4 siblings), my mother (one of 6 siblings), myself (one of 4 siblings) and one of my sons (one of 3). The key is the level of psychic a person is as well as the TYPE of psychic a person is. Like DragonFire said, not everyone is fully developed. Some people just get a LOT of deja vu while others are more clairvoyant. Some can predict future events while others just get a sense about things. My grandmother lived in a village in a third world country, not much opportunity for wealth there, who knows what she could have had she been here in the states, but she was very helpful to people in her village, small stuff yes, but still there. My mother and I are similar in that we can sense stuff that is about to happen but my mom can only feel it within her own children. Amongst a lot of other things, I knew about Sept 11 and about my mother and sister being in a car wreck, both incidents happened in NY but I live in Texas. The problem with not being fully developed is that I didnt realize I was predicting anything... I just felt really badly and could see things happening. Also I can never tell when it is going to happen, just THAT it happened or will happen. If I would have realized that the "vision" I had of 9-11 was true, I would have tried to tell someone, ANY ONE, but it seemed so far fetched I was sure it was simply a really terrible dream because Ive had nightmares ever since I started with all this mess when I was really young. I called the FBI several weeks after 9-11 because I had another vision of a guy who was directly involved with 9-11 getting into an elevator. But they must have thought I was a crack pot because they never followed up with me. So far nothing has happened so maybe Im wrong.. but what if Im not??? When my sister and mom were in the wreck, I felt my mothers chest hit the steering wheel and felt my sister's leg get crushed. I called my father from Texas to tell him because he hadnt heard yet, and minutes later my brother walked into my dad's house and told him what had just happened a few blocks away. It freaked my dad out so much he didnt talk to me for 2 weeks! So let me tell you this psychic crap is not all its cracked up to be! Ive predicted my own accidental and violent death and have "seen" my own funeral with my parents and siblings in attendance.. who the hell needs THAT???
In all honesty I WISH I could predict numbers and sweepstakes. I could seriously use the money! I wish I could predict it even for someone else and split the profits! Spiritually guide, my ayy! But my "gift?" doesnt work that way... Ive never met anyone's that has. My son's ability is not so strong yet but he's in college in DC and always seems to know when Im ill or crying because he will call me within minutes of my thinking of him. And he's had incidents in school he's too scared to share with anyone but me.
I'm sure there are some people who can do a whole lot more than me or anyone in my family, but with the world thinking its fake or we're lying, why would anyone admit to using it to win the lottery? I sure as heck wouldn't, Im not having 5 million people asking ME for this weeks pick!

OH!, Incidentally, my mom did kind of sense the accident she and my sister would have but she only sensed my sisters pain in the accident, that was why she went out with her, thinking she could help. Never realizing she would be involved.