June 20, 2008 - 2:00 pm
, By Editor
… but this time it is for a good cause.
He promised that he wouldn’t gamble again for a couple after running out on a $400K marker, but Charles Barkley is back playing poker in Vegas.
But here’s the rub -– the Round Mound says that it’s all for charity. [TMZ]
Barkey and other gambling addicted players will shell out $5K a piece to enter a celebrity poker tourney–the “Ante Up for Africa” event–at the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Half of all the winnings will go to charity. But being the ever so nice guy that he is, Chuck says he will donate all processed to the charity. That charity being, The Charles Barkley for Charles Barkley Foundation, we’re guessing.
November 12, 2007 - 11:40 am
, By Steve - Seton Hall University
Football covercoming baseball as the national pastime in the United States can be directly attributed to gambling and fantasy. Seriously, is there any reason to sneak beer into the dorm and watch a football game when your favorite team is not even playing, unless you have a couple of C-Notes on it? I think not.
But where did fantasy football come from? What unheralded genius is responsible for making every Sunday afternoon from September to January a national holiday?
His name is Wilfred Winkenbach. Read More »
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