{"id":176183,"date":"2021-06-11T23:23:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T06:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ben-affleck-returns-to-las-vegass-gaming-tables-seen-at-the-wynn\/"},"modified":"2021-06-13T10:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T17:53:23","slug":"ben-affleck-returns-to-las-vegass-gaming-tables-seen-at-the-wynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ben-affleck-returns-to-las-vegass-gaming-tables-seen-at-the-wynn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck Returns to Las Vegas\u2019s Gaming Tables, Seen at the Wynn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor Ben Affleck was spotted at Las Vegas\u2019s Wynn Resort and Casino’s high limit room at about 3 am one day this week, according to published reports. He did not let the fact that seven years ago he was banned from another Vegas casino for card counting stop him from playing the tables once again at a local gaming property.<\/p>\n

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Ben Affleck, shown in 2007, playing poker. The movie star back then played in the Ante Up For Africa Celebrity-Charity Poker Tournament in Las Vegas. This week, he was seen in the Wynn, possibly playing blackjack. (Image: AP<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Early Wednesday morning, the 48-year-old movie star was seen alone at a Wynn gaming table, possibly playing blackjack, along with a brunette dealer.<\/p>\n

He was wearing a black T-shirt and baseball cap. His fashionable sunglasses were partially hidden in his shirt. Wynn staff were nearby to ensure fans kept their distance, TMZ <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n

Affleck Says He Is Decent at Blackjack<\/h2>\n

In 2014, Affleck was banned from the Hard Rock Casino. He has revealed in an interview with Details<\/em>, \u201cI took some time to learn the game and became a decent blackjack player.<\/p>\n

And once I became decent, the casinos asked me not to play blackjack. I mean, the fact that being good at the game is against the rules at the casinos should tell you something about casinos.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 2014, the staff at the Hard Rock said enough is enough and reportedly banned Affleck from blackjack for life because of alleged card counting.<\/p>\n

Card counting<\/a> is a technique used by blackjack players to gain an advantage over the house. Players keep track of what cards have left the shoe. This allows them to know the composition of the remaining cards.<\/p>\n

Affleck has certainly been successful at blackjack. Back in 2001, he had a reported $800,000 win at the Hard Rock\u2019s blackjack tables.<\/p>\n

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He has also won in poker. Affleck won the 2004 California State Poker Championship, outlasting 90 entries who paid $10,000 each to claim the $356,400 first-place prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Affleck was also a key figure in the Molly\u2019s Game scandal — underground high-stake poker games originally run at the Viper Room in West Hollywood. The incident reportedly inspired the 2018 movie, \u201cMolly\u2019s Game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Affleck was trained in poker by the likes of Annie Duke and Amir Vahedi. In 2019, Affleck was spotted playing poker at the Commerce Casino<\/a> cardroom in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

While at the Commerce, Affleck ponied up $20,000 to sit down at a high-stakes poker table. Less than 15 minutes later, he left after winning $1,500, TMZ <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n

That night, Affleck nearly fell out of his chair during the game, tablemates told TMZ<\/em>. He reportedly had a sobriety lapse around that time.<\/p>\n

Affleck Now Working on Movie in Vegas<\/h2>\n

On Wednesday afternoon, Affleck reportedly was at The Palazzo at The Venetian Resort to work on a movie, TMZ <\/em>and the Daily Mail<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

The New York Post<\/em> also reported Affleck was accompanied in Las Vegas by Jennifer Lopez\u2019s mother, Guadalupe Lopez, 75.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previously, the elder Lopez on one occasion won $2.4 million in an Atlantic City gaming property, the Post<\/em> said.\u00a0J-Lo says her mother is a \u201chuge gambler,\u201d the Post<\/em> adds.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Affleck and J-Lo, 51, were rumored to be once again dating. His former fiance and current love interest, J-Lo, was in Miami this week to work on a music video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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