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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.’”
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