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Barkley stiffing Wynn Casino

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Pancamo, May 15, 2008.

  1. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    I continue to be surprised that a degenerate gambler - a severe addict - not only remains on television, but openly revels in his addiction, seems to be congratulated for it, and is still seriously considered a political candidate.

    If he doesn't go to rehab, he'll be dead in five years. I'm serious. Gambling addiction kills you in about 20 ways, including sleep deprivation, the jolts of winning and losing streaks, and food/alcohol abuse.
     
  2. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

    Man, I just don't get the attraction of gambling.

    I know that puts me in a tiny, tiny minority here, but I just don't get it.
     
  3. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Great hobby.

    Very, very bad addiction.
     
  4. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    You know more about this than I do, but my guess is those who can stay safely on the hobby side are far outnumbered by those who stray into big, deep trouble.
     
  5. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Maintain the belief that the "troubles" are outnumbered by a wide margin . . . but
    I'd say at least five percent of those who regularly indulge have stared into the abyss at least once.
     
  6. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    that's true. We never read about the hobbyists, only those who can't handle it.
     
  7. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    I gamble about once or twice a year; I could play blackjack for hours on end. Then again, I usually don't play anything bigger than a 10-buck table.
     
  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I don't know about that, Alma, every time I go to a casino I see a sh*tload of old people, and I'm guessing they didn't learn to gamble the day before.

    Caesars Palace upped their limits to $25k a few months ago. One could fry $400k in five minutes very easily on a cold 25k craps table.
     
  9. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Barkley is doing the kind of gambling that kills people. He's even admitted it - 10 hours at a time, hundreds of thousands of dollars.
     
  10. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Alma is 100 percent correct and he and I are not being an alarmist when I say he has the kind of habit that and the kind of gambling that has led guys with bigger bankrolls than he started with to hang themselves or turn on their car inside their garage and fall asleep in the front seat.......
     
  11. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    "The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother Charles Barkley! I call him Gamblor, and it's time to snatch your mother Charles Barkley from his neon claws!"
     
  12. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    Ugh - Is there anything sadder? The worst for that are the casinos in CT - a state that already has a lot of old people.

    The commericals and billboards around the tri-state never show old people in them... Yet when you walk in, it's like a scene from Cocoon. The place reeks of Ben Gay.

    Those poor folks are gambling with what little retirement money they have. It's awful.
     
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