Antoine Walker Facing Charges Over $822,000 In Gambling Debts

oldmanTED · Jul 14, 2009

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LAS VEGAS -- Former NBA star Antoine Walker is facing criminal charges over $822,500 in gambling debts to three Las Vegas casinos.
Documents provided Tuesday by the Clark County district attorney accuse the 32-year-old Walker of three felony counts of writing bad checks. Prosecutors say he failed to make good on 10 checks totaling $1 million written to Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood and the Red Rock Resort.
Walker's agent and a lawyer in Las Vegas didn't immediately respond Tuesday to messages.
Prosecutor Bernie Zadrowski told the Las Vegas Sun that Walker repaid $178,000 of the debts incurred last July to January.
Walker last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2008. He was an All-Star with the Boston Celtics and won an NBA championship in 2006 with the Miami Heat.

RobFunk · Jul 14, 2009

Wow. I never saw that one coming.

Walker made so much money during his career its just silly.

It amazes me how some of these guys run into trouble like this in the first place.

ElTaino · Jul 14, 2009

looks like employee number 8 has a new commercial.

"thats me. prisoner number 8. i make license plates" :laugh:

Lifelessdead · Jul 14, 2009

These athletes make so much money, like Barkley and they can't pay for these debts, unbelievable

RobFunk · Jul 14, 2009

Lifelessdead said:
These athletes make so much money, like Barkley and they can't pay for these debts, unbelievable

Probably playing table games or slots. Why even gamble when you have that kind of cash?

I just looked back on a bio of Walker the guy has made roughly 150+ mil in his career

KillaRSox · Jul 14, 2009

Whatever happend to this guy, he wasnt too bad when he played with Pierce and the Celtics. To think the pair shoes I got autographed by him were actually going to be worth money... haha

nhoj · Jul 14, 2009

This look like a new trend has started.

GilRenard · Jul 15, 2009

I love how his payments plus what he owed add to $1,000,500. Did he take a $500 marker after he burned through the million to take one last crack at getting it back?

OccamsRazor · Jul 15, 2009

RobFunk said:
Wow. I never saw that one coming.

Walker made so much money during his career its just silly.

It amazes me how some of these guys run into trouble like this in the first place.

Your easily amazed by a gambling addiction? Its more sad than amazing.

MikRetSam · Jul 15, 2009

its relative...... he makes more he gambles more........ so what........ its the same as a guy making 60k a year and losing it all.......

festeringZit · Jul 15, 2009

A buddy of mine watched him lose $500,000 in 3 hours
one night at the Mohegan Sun, playing blackjack.

FullWageredMan · Jul 15, 2009

I notice alot of these dudes have gambling addictions which is one reason why I think alot of these games have funky outcomes. They have been compromised.

JackStraw77 · Jul 15, 2009

$100 million is never enough. After taxes and what he pays his agent that leaves only $50 million. These guys literally go through money like water. Marriages, divorces, child support.
Jewelry, lending money to their family, supporting all his pals from "The Hood". There is no amount of money that can be safe when they have a gambling habit. It sounds incredible. All they need to do is invest their money at 5% a year. $2.5 million is not enough live on. I didn't even include their shoe contract and royalties from video games, posters. Just total damn fools!

DesertNole · Jul 16, 2009

Icecreamjay · Jul 16, 2009

When Antoine was a member of the Heat he used to host high stakes no limit games.Of course, Antoine, would have his own dealers and his own crew in there.Many people got cheated by Antoine and his crew.A guy lost his Range Rover in Walkers game along with a ton of cash.What went on there was not just bad "luck".

Rickey-B-Rickey · Jul 16, 2009

Brotherwo · Jul 16, 2009

Ice cream jay said:
When Antoine was a member of the Heat he used to host high stakes no limit games.Of course, Antoine, would have his own dealers and his own crew in there.Many people got cheated by Antoine and his crew.A guy lost his Range Rover in Walkers game along with a ton of cash.What went on there was not just bad "luck".

? source

STACKSONDECK · Jul 16, 2009

DesertNole said:
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brr brrr well damn :cripwalk::cripwalk::cripwalk:

HacheMan · Jul 16, 2009

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Walker makes bail, back on the golf course </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Antoine Walker - F - MEM - Jul. 16

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Rotoworld has learned that Antoine Walker, who was arrested in Las Vegas on Wednesday night for failing to make good on gambling debts, made bail on Thursday.
He showed up for the American Century Classic pro-am, a celebrity golf tournament, on Thursday afternoon and is slated to tee off in the first round on Friday morning. It looks like his jail stay was short lived, at least for now.
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JGSB · Jul 16, 2009

If he does not realize that he is no good at blackjack somebody should tell him. A Fool & His Money.

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