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Ex-NBA star gets probation in Vegas casino case

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Dept., former NBA basketball player Antoine Walker is shown. Walker is expected to get a new sentencing date after pleading guilty in Nevada to failing to repay some $750,000 in gambling debts to three Las Vegas casinos. His lawyer and a prosecutor say the 35-year-old Walker won't appear in court Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Dept., File)

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - December 6, 2011 (WPVI) -- Former NBA All-Star Antoine Walker was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay $770,050 in restitution to three Las Vegas casinos after pleading guilty to failing to repay gambling debts.

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Walker's lawyer declined to comment after his sentencing Tuesday in Clark County District Court.

Prosecutor Samuel Bateman says the felony charge could be dismissed if Walker fully repays the debts incurred in 2008 and 2009 at the Planet Hollywood, Red Rock Casino Resort and Caesars Palace casinos.

He faces a year in prison if he violates probation.

Walker is 35. He was an All-Star with the Boston Celtics before winning a 2006 championship with the Miami Heat.

He filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in 2010.

Walker last played with the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League.

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