Ex-NBA all-star Charles Barkley is back in the news. It turns out he owes $400,000 to a Las Vegas strip casino - the result of two disastrous days of gambling last fall. October 18 & 19, to be exact.You can read more about it here. Faced with criminal charges, and after allegedly ignoring repeated attempts by the casino to contact him, Sir Charles had this to say : "My mistake. I'm not broke, and I'm going to take care of it."
Ummm, let me explain something to you, Chuckie. Las Vegas casinos are owned by a corporation called The Mafia. They have a very effective "Debt Collections Department". They aren't gonna write off that $400,000.
At best, they'll plunk both your kneecaps with bullets and let you wheelchair around until you get them their money. At worst, the next water-hazard on a golf course you find yourself in ...well... you'll be staring at it from the bottom up.
Pay up quickly, Chuckster. We'll pull you off the Deathwatch List when you do. Otherwise it's 50:50 whether you park in handicap spaces for the rest of your life or feed the fishes.
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