Wynn sues Charles Barkley for gambling debt

i saw some pictures of Charlie gambling at the Wynn on http:www.badspace.com. Very interesting, very drunk!

Sounds like Mr Barkley needs a bailout, at taxpayers expense of course. These unscrupulous gambling houses took advantage of him while he was drinking. They also didn't let him know about the risks of gambling. He was taken advantage of and shouldn't be held responsible for his actions. Ok, how about if we get a judge to rewrite how much he owes the casino. He can't be expected to pay for this! I have a better idea, Mr. Barkley, give me the rest of your money and I will invest it sensibly for my own gain. Better than you just squandering it away.

Thank you.

living is a gamble

Doesn't Charles Barkley want to be the Govenor of Alabama in 2010?

Here's a guy who's known not just for his prowess on the basketball court but for his ten second soundbites where he would say just about anything. He had the whole world in his hand with his affable personality and charm and could have made a difference in so many people's lives.

Instead he has decided to be a sad clown who will have to remain an on TV for the rest of his career taking funny pot shots at other players in the NBA.

As Charles is famous for saying....."This hrrrrble, just hrrrble man!"

Get a life Charles, the one you are living now is becoming a waste.

I think it's the concept of gambling as an addiction that's the problem.

Not him being a grown man. Murdering someone and facing the music is an act of taking due justice.

A continued addiction that is help and perpetuated by a dealer, which the casino is, is not a point were the victim 'owns up' so to speak.

if one agrees about addiction being a problem... then Barkley's case is different from a heroin addict by choice of substance alone, and should at least admit that this (casino) behavior is negligent at best predatory at worst.

Even if it was the case that all of these are meditated actions and there is no coercion at all in form of obsession or compulsion why as a freedom loving society would we allow one of our own citizens -- who no doubt would be more productive if not drunk and gambling -- to bankrupt and destroy himself?

if you want to say that each of these subsequent actions by Barkley to gamble (and apparently gamble lavishly) are independent choices each time reformulated with no concept of causal relation with the past, throwing any sense of compulsion or preference out the window and just assuming that someone that has money like Barkley who is insistent on squandering his wealth; even acknowledging that he is in fact going to ultimately lose is "a grown man"... well, yeah, you could do that... and the American educational system weeps.

Is this writer blaming the casino for Barkley proving once again that he is an idiot? The casino is absolutely correct in calling it gaming, it's only gambling if you are the patron, funny that you never see the pit boss with a drink in his hand, huh.

What happened to the good ole days when they just wacked you in the desert?

Sorry to hear Tiger is hangin with Barkley

I wonder if he has the 400,000 to be able to pay it off? Barkley has been out of the NBA for some time now and I don't know if he still makes that kind of money anymore. He is pals with both Jordan and Tiger but they are still getting paid so they can afford to lose that type of money. But as far as I know all Barkley has is his TV job at TNT. I would hate to see him on ESPN broke and homeless but if his reskless ways continue he will be. Take care and I'm gone.

Double or nothing! Put it all on red Charles! Whoohoo!

It's obvious that Charles Barkley has some serious self-esteem issues.
Yes, he knows basketball,
but this same old tired act of playing the overweight buffoon is getting tiresome.
Probably seeing a shrink could help him come to terms with the fact that he was a very good basketball player,
just not a great one.

Passing a bad check to a casino is a felony in Nevada. Being in posession of a cheating device in a Nevada casino is a felony, even if you don't use it. Nevada protects its money train. Few states are so dependent on a single industry for so much revenue, so I can't really blame them. But I don't think any other state shouls cooperate with enforcing those laws. I saw a special on cheating casinos once where a guy made counterfeit slot tokens. He used them in riverboat casinos, and the cops knew where he lived. But they couldn't raid his operation since he lived in a state that had no gambling and thus no laws banning the making of counterfeit slot tokens.

I think Charles is safe if he can stay out of Nevada. However, do you think $400K will keep him out of Nevada? I say he'll settle. He still has income from broadcasting and commercials.

Those businesses may be a bit exploitive but at least patrons know what's coming. They are flying into Nevada and walking into a casino. And Charles isn't exactly a first-timer. Much worse are state lottos, which effectively turn every store in a state into a really crummy casino. Lottos might not get patrons drunk, but they do prey on the poor.

I've always liked Barkley and his sense of humor, but I'd never vote for a man with a vice like that for governor. At least with drugs or hookers, there is only so much product you can use, and only so much you can spend. With gambling, the house will take any size bet that favors themselves, so the sky's the limit.