Waindering about the reason? Well, Ben Affleck just mastered the art of blackjack, and casinos don’t like when the odds tilt in a player’s favor.
At the time, reports surfaced that Affleck had been banned for life after security caught him counting cards at a high-rollers’ table. But in a later interview with Details, the actor set the record straight. “That is a true story. I took some time to learn the game and became a decent blackjack player. And once I became decent, the casinos asked me not to play blackjack,” he admitted.
For the uninitiated, card counting isn’t illegal; it’s a skill. But casinos see it as a threat to their bottom line. Affleck knew this and still went all in, turning blackjack into a calculated game rather than a gamble. “I knew with blackjack that there’s a way you can improve your odds,” he explained (via Vanity Fair). “And so I started trying to learn. And then I just got to a point in my life where I’m like, ‘If I’m going to do something, I’m going to try and do it really well.’”
Apparently, he got too good. Instead of rolling out the red carpet, the Hard Rock security team gave him a firm nudge toward the exit. But Affleck clarified that while he was banned from blackjack, he wasn’t completely exiled.
His experience painted a clear picture of Vegas’s unwritten rules. “They don’t even want you to have a sporting chance, really,” he said. “There’s a lot of hospitality, backslapping when they think you’re gonna come in and dump money, and if they think you might leave with some money, it’s like, ‘You know what? Why don’t you try craps or roulette?’”
Affleck had no interest in playing luck-based games. Blackjack was his thing, and he played it well. Maybe too well. And for that, Vegas dealt him a losing hand, without even letting him play.
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