Just following up on the tale of Sir Charles and the magic beans — meaning the 400,000 beans he owed the Wynn Las Vegas in unpaid markers — well, the casino says it received its $400,000 from Barkley yesterday.

However, the Clark County district attorney’s office says that it is still owed a $40,000 “processing fee.” Barkley said he was unaware of the processing fee but intends to get that paid right away. Last week, the casino filed a civil complaint that Barkley had not paid the markers that date back to October. The D.A.’s office threatened to file a crimininal complaint. Not paying casino markers can be treated like writing bad checks in Nevada.

On TV, Barkley, now an analyst for TNT, too the blame for not getting the debt paid and swore off gambling “for now.”

Certainly Barkley is entirely responsible for his gambling and its results — this is a guy who had admitted to losing $10 million over the years — but a $40,000 “processing fee?” That seems a little steep, doesn’t it?