Barkley: i have a Bookie on the Side, 'FanDuel only let's me Bet a Lot'
Despite 38 U.S. states offering legal sports betting, Charles Barkley requires a side bookie to stay up to date with his high-stakes betting.
- The NBA expert has a long history of gambling.
- Barkley lost a bet on the Toronto Maple Leafs to win Game 7 vs. the Florida Panthers.
The TNT basketball expert - who frequently makes FanDuel parlay choices on broadcasts - said on Thursday night that the legal sportsbook won't take the kind of action he prefers.
"FanDuel just lets me wager so much, so I got to have a bookmaker on the side," Barkley stated during an interview on TruTV's alternate broadcast of Game 2 between the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes.
Barkley, a huge hockey fan and noted fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, told host Paul Bissonnette and comic Will Arnett that he placed a wager on the Maple Leafs to win Game 7 of their series with the Florida Panthers, who easily routed Toronto 6-1 last Sunday.
Charles Barkley's gaming is obviously too much for FanDuel to contain.
"FanDuel only lets me bet so much so I got ta have a bookmaker on the side." pic.twitter.com/FTLLpX2odG
Not a lock
That loss eliminated a Maple Leafs group that hasn't won a Stanley Cup since 1967 and has a long history of losing Game 7s.
"I believed when they got back to Toronto for Game 7, (a Maple Leafs win) is a lock," Barkley stated on the broadcast. "That's what I informed my bookie. To see them lose like that, it was demoralizing as a fan."
When he discussed saying that to his bookmaker, Bissonnette and Arnett asked each other if they had one and joked that maybe they required to "go halves on a bookie." That's when Barkley exposed that he wasn't able to put down the wager he desired with FanDuel.
History of wagering
Barkley has a long-chronicled betting practice, and he's estimated that he's lost more than
Despite 38 U.S. states offering legal sports betting, Charles Barkley requires a side bookie to stay up to date with his high-stakes betting.
- The NBA expert has a long history of gambling.
- Barkley lost a bet on the Toronto Maple Leafs to win Game 7 vs. the Florida Panthers.
The TNT basketball expert - who frequently makes FanDuel parlay choices on broadcasts - said on Thursday night that the legal sportsbook won't take the kind of action he prefers.
"FanDuel just lets me wager so much, so I got to have a bookmaker on the side," Barkley stated during an interview on TruTV's alternate broadcast of Game 2 between the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes.
Barkley, a huge hockey fan and noted fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, told host Paul Bissonnette and comic Will Arnett that he placed a wager on the Maple Leafs to win Game 7 of their series with the Florida Panthers, who easily routed Toronto 6-1 last Sunday.
Charles Barkley's gaming is obviously too much for FanDuel to contain.
"FanDuel only lets me bet so much so I got ta have a bookmaker on the side." pic.twitter.com/FTLLpX2odG
Not a lock
That loss eliminated a Maple Leafs group that hasn't won a Stanley Cup since 1967 and has a long history of losing Game 7s.
"I believed when they got back to Toronto for Game 7, (a Maple Leafs win) is a lock," Barkley stated on the broadcast. "That's what I informed my bookie. To see them lose like that, it was demoralizing as a fan."
When he discussed saying that to his bookmaker, Bissonnette and Arnett asked each other if they had one and joked that maybe they required to "go halves on a bookie." That's when Barkley exposed that he wasn't able to put down the wager he desired with FanDuel.
History of wagering
Barkley has a long-chronicled betting practice, and he's estimated that he's lost more than