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May 15, 2008
        
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Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 (€258,500) gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired and former NBA player of the year faced criminal charges. "My mistake," Barkley said in an interview at a pro-am golf... [read full story]                    

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BARKLEY FOULED BOOKIE

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May 17, 2008
        

May 17, 2008 -- Gambling deadbeat and retired NBA star Charles Barkley bamboozled a bookmaker long before he tried to stiff the Wynn casino out of $400,000. Six years ago, Nick Bogdanovich was the highly regarded book boss at Mandalay Bay casino in Vegas when Barkley showed up and placed two...

                   

Barkley Says He'll Pay Huge Gambling Debt

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May 16, 2008
        

By KEN RITTER Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal charges. "My mistake," Barkley said in an interview at a...

                   

Does Charles Barkley Have A Gambling Problem?

sacramentoexecutive.com
May 16, 2008
        

I like Charles Barkley. He was a great basketball player. He's fun to watch as a basketball analyst for TNT. But Charles apparently is a very bad gambler, claiming to have lost $10 million in the casinos over the past twenty years. The news and sports shows are a buzz this week about him owing...

                   

The Notorious C.W.B.

foxsports.com
May 16, 2008
        

The mouth that roared, and roared and roared.... Could the man in the above photo actually become the Governor of Alabama one day? Just as it's not likely that Barkley will ever be an NBA GM one day, even though he stated matter of factly that he "is going to be an NBA GM" on ESPN's Pardon the...

                   

Charles Not in Charge

sportsfrog.com
May 16, 2008
        

I have always loved the round mound of rebound, the mouth of the south. Charles Barkley is a modern day Will Rodgers, who tells it like it is, with his own unique style and flair. He also is one of the few people to have claimed to have been misquoted in his own autobiography. When not throwing...

Barkley Says He'll Pay Huge Gambling Debt

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May 16, 2008
        

Former NBA star Charles Barkley acknowledges $400,000 gambling debt; says he'll pay By KEN RITTER Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS May 16, 2008 (AP) Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said...

                   

Sports in Brief: Barkley agrees to pay $400,000 gambling debt

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May 16, 2008
        

HEADLINE: Sports in Brief: Barkley agrees to pay $400,000 gambling debt BODY: Charles Barkley acknowledged that he owed a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised yesterday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star would face criminal charges. "My mistake,"...

                   

For our sake, let's hope Chuck's OK

foxsports.com
May 16, 2008
        

Kevin Hench is a frequent contributor to FOXSports.com. By literally playing with house money, Charles Barkley managed to rack up a $400,000 bill last October at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort. But Barkley's $400,000 I.O.U. isn't being held by Chase Home Finance. The embarrassing news that the Clark...

                   

Barkley admits $400,000 casino debt, says he will repay

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May 16, 2008
        

Barkley owes casino $400,000 Ex-NBA great admits debt, says he will repay it Sorry, your version of Flash doesn't support this video. Please download the latest version at LAS VEGAS — Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday...

                   

Barkley: My bad on unpaid 400G gambling debt

baltimoresun.com
May 16, 2008
        

That Charles Barkley, he's such a card.After the Clark County, Nev., district attorney's office started talking criminal complaint because of Barkley's $400,000 in unpaid markers to the fancy-schmancy Wynn Las Vegas, the former NBA star and TV commentator promised to make...

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