I could hardly believe what I was hearing when Fox News.Com reported that Ben Affleck was busted for card counting in Vegas. In my opinion wouldn’t it be hard to actually prove that a person is counting cards? Security cannot read a person’s mind; they may suspect a person is counting cards when they’re actually “lucky” and winning. If a person is a winner, are they branded a card counter?
Affleck was reportedly on a “romantic getaway” with his wife Jennifer Garner prior to beginning in the highly-anticipated “Batman vs. Superman” blockbuster. He was asked to leave the famed Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday according to a source who was close with the A-list actor.
The event took place at the high-rollers tables were Affleck was playing blackjack and security was supposedly infiltrated by security and they found him to be “counting cards” – which in essence is a gambling strategy that’s referred to obtaining a sufficient count on a number, distribution and high-card location of the cards in order to optimize winning tricks. Casinos frown upon card counting but technically it’s not illegal.
How does security truly know a person is card counting, they’re not mind readers…a person could be studying their plays and nothing more? How do they know a person is not having good luck? It’s my opinion unless there’s a “real” way to conclude a person is counting cards they should not be accused of doing it and forbidden to play the game. I’m sorry I’d have to rebut this with the casino – does this mean a person who may be “lucky” at a casino has a right to ban them? Isn’t taking a chance to spread up more money on certain plays legal without being accused of card counting…doesn’t a person have a right to bet more based on what the dealer is holding? If a person is totally innocent, it leaves them licking their wounds of embarrassment and humiliation.
The casino was said to have banned Affleck for life from playing blackjack at their venue.
A source told FOX411, “Affleck was banned from playing blackjack but he was not booted from the casino; and according to security, ‘He is too good at the game and the hotel staff was nice to him and they told him he could play other games and they ended up getting him and Jennifer a car back to their hotel.”
The Hard Rock made a statement on Friday, “Mr. Affleck’s a valued guess of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and he is not banned from our property and he’s welcomed back any time,” according to a representative for the Hard Rock.
The troubling issue about this situation is the accusation could go beyond the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Vegas. According to Radar Online, an all-points bulletin was issued to Las Vegas’ most prominent casinos in the region accusing the passionate gambler of using “perfect basic,” a common introductory term for card counting; and the site also reported that a week earlier, an internal email from the Games Protection Manager at the Wynn and Encore casinos alerted others in the industry that Affleck was being “way to obvious” moving his money with the count, spreading up to 100K on the double decks.
Writer of this article is Barbara Kasey Smith and it’s based on a Fox News.Com report.
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Fox News.Com