Clinton Portis owes a lot of people money according to his bankruptcy filing (including $500k to his mother).
But, here is a story courtesy of Deadspin how he blew a bunch of money at the casino then tried to pay with bad checks.
On Jan. 17, 2011, according to the complaint, Portis applied for and received a line of credit at the Borgata. Over the course of that night, Portis was extended $200,000. Over the next 10 months, Portis successfully repaid $30,000. He also attempted to repay the remainder with six checks that were all refused by the bank because Portis had insufficient funds.
The Borgata’s complaint argues that Portis knew he did not have the money to repay his debts when he received the line of credit, which would make it non-dischargeable under federal bankruptcy law, due to it having been obtained though “false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud.”
You can flip the page to read the entire complaint, it is quite amazing, if not surprising.