CHARLES BARKLEY - CASINO BOSSES: 'BARKLEY HAS YET TO PAY $400,000 GAMBLING DEBT'

CASINO BOSSES: 'BARKLEY HAS YET TO PAY $400,000 GAMBLING DEBT'

LATEST: Las Vegas casino bosses are challenging retired basketball icon CHARLES BARKLEY's claim he has paid off his $400,000 (GBP200,000) gambling debt - insisting they have yet to receive a penny from the star.
Barkley vowed to quit his gambling habit after The Wynn Las Vegas Casino filed a civil complaint against him last week (14May08), alleging he had run up the huge debt.
Speaking on U.S. TV on Monday (19May08), the 45-year-old said, "I've got to stop gambling... I screwed up and I didn't pay them in a significant amount of time.
"Could they have handled it differently? Yes. But it was my fault. I have no money problems whatsoever. Nobody's coming after me for money."
But bosses at the Wynn have yet to be paid, and Clark County District Attorney David Roger insists, "We have no evidence to suggest that he has made any payments. We have neither heard from Mr. Barkley nor received restitution from him."
According to court documents, casino bosses allowed Barkley to borrow four 'markers' worth $100,000 (GBP50,000) each during a gambling spree in October (07).
Barkley faces felony charges if the sum is not paid.