: LAS VEGAS (AP) – Charles Barkley acknowledges he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas casino.

The 45-year-old former NBA star also promised to repay it after a prosecutor said he would face criminal charges if he didn’t.

Asked about the debt, Barkley says it was his mistake for letting it debt lapse, adding, “I’m not broke, and I’m going to take care of it.”

Earlier today, Clark County, Nevada, District Attorney David Roger said prosecutors would file a criminal complaint if Barkley didn’t pay the debt cited by the Wynn Las Vegas resort.

The casino alleged in a civil complaint filed yesterday that Barkley failed to repay four $100,000 casino markers, or loans, received last October.

Barkley played 16 NBA seasons, including a stint with the Phoenix Suns. He’s now a basketball analyst for TNT.

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Spaceandop

2nd!!!!! I'm having a good day!!!!


weneedtostop

interesting

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AmanteDelChocolate

Casino trying to get some pub.


Deja_honey

***! THis is really old *** news! What the hell is he doing with his money?? He should have already paid that off!


MrsConway03032006

See he always worried about being in Dewayne Wade's "5"...he need to be handling his business...lol


MRBITCHES

GOOD MORNIN 2 ALL MY SEXY LADIES

PAY YOUR DUES NIKKA!!!! I KNOW YOU GOT IT!


focus

I saw this fool on TV saying he has no debt problems. EXCUSE me! If you have a gambling debt like this, you're an addict. If you can't pay that debt, you're having some financial problems.

His NBA career is over. What is he thinking? That money will continue to come out of the NBA sneaker? I believe this will open up a door to see other addicted former athletes too.


laurak84

You are out of my fave five Charles!


bigtymvp

betetr not bet on the playoffs this year sir charles


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BeReal

I MOST DEFINITELY AGREE WITH HIM HE IS NOT A ROLE MODEL.

HOW DO YOU FORGET OR OVERLOOK A HALF A BILLION DOLLAR BILL?

I'LL TELL YOU HOW.

INTENTIONALLY.


cutesy_231

wHY fOLX lIKE tO maKE aLLLL tHIS mONEY bUT nOT pAY oFF dEBTS aND tAXES.. sOMEONE pLEASE eNLIGHTEN me.. maYBE iTS sOMETHING iM iN tHE dARK aBOUT..


DallasDyamond

NOW CHARLES YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT!!!!


Sinocent

Good. I've never liked this guy with his big fat mouth.


CaramelSugarpie27

GOOD. I CANT STAND THIS MAN WITH HIS BLONDE WOMEN SELF. HE IS SOOO *** AND ARROGANT TOO. LOSER. HE need to loose around 40 lbs, looking like a *** FISH with his PEA sized head. *** and ladies who told these brothas they were ALL THAT anyway? Wesley Snipes got red eyes and a weird square head, OJ looks busted, KOBE's head looks like a somalian, and Barkley looks like an overweight puffer fish.. SMH.. LOL>> we get mad because they dissing us for white women but heck I don't know too many black sistas that would want their BUSTED TAILS. REAL TALK



dadiva

I am over here rolling my *** off at your comment lol


dadiva

"I am over here rolling my *** off at your comment lol" That was to CaramelSugarpie27 *** MTO


TheCassandraComplex

The Wynn Company is STUPID!!! Yeah, they will get their $400,000, but now Barkley will go lose his money somewhere else.


realwoman

Whatever..pay those people their money! Now there is another reason to add him to the loser list! Notice how one of the first things he wanted to clear up was that he wasn't BROKE. Not that he doesn't have a gambling addiction. He is so obnoxious that he doesn't even realize how lowly he looks.


da_kang

***....they wouldnt let me shine in vegas


mr_lol

Charles Barkley is a public figure so his business is everybodies business. He makes me sick. He spent his post NBA carrer *** his mouth off about all kinds of issues he knows nothing about. I've always felt he was nothing but a white man's buffoon. Now he's a broke buffoon. I wonder how many white women he'll get with no money. I agree with the poster BeReal above, he's nobodies role model now! lol


Skillz-Inc

The next time he calls D-Wade, he better ask for a loan!!!


mistyblue

Charles talk a lot of B.S. on that sports channel. I can't stand him. He try to be funny, but is not. Between his gambling addiction and his his White women no wonder this fool is broke. He better pay up cause the Mafia in Vegas don't play.


SEXY-CHRISSY40

okayyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!


stinka

*** chuck! i can't get a coupon for a free buffet, and this fool is in for $400,000?


dntcrynomore

Charles you can afford the $400,000 ask you wife