Editing Ben Affleck (section)

===Professional gambling===
[[File:Ben Affleck 2008.jpg|alt=Ben Affleck holds chips while sitting at a poker table|upright|thumb|right|Affleck at the [[2008 World Series of Poker]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]]]
Affleck won the 2004 California State Poker Championship, taking home the first prize of $356,400 and qualifying for the 2004 [[World Poker Tour]] final tournament.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Rene |last=Macura |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-22-affleck-poker_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017094636/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-22-affleck-poker_x.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2008 |title=Ben Affleck Wins $356,400 at Poker |access-date=June 10, 2008 |date=June 22, 2004 |work=USA Today}}</ref> He was one of many celebrities, along with [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and [[Tobey Maguire]], who took part in [[Molly Bloom (author)|Molly Bloom]]'s high-stakes poker games in the mid-2000s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-chastain-aaron-sorkins-mollys-game-molly-bloom-sexual-misconduct-claims-michael-cera-player-1070323|title='Molly's Game' Team Talks Making Timely Tale of Female Empowerment|first=Hilary|last=Lewi|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=December 25, 2017|access-date=December 29, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20171229235605/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-chastain-aaron-sorkins-mollys-game-molly-bloom-sexual-misconduct-claims-michael-cera-player-1070323|archive-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref> In 2014, Affleck was asked to refrain from playing blackjack at the [[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas)|Hard Rock Hotel]] in Las Vegas, after a series of wins aroused suspicion that he was [[Card counting|counting cards]], which is a legal gambling strategy, though frowned upon by casinos.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Leon |first1=Anya |title=Ben Affleck Banned from Blackjack at Hard Rock After Counting Cards |url=http://people.com/celebrity/ben-affleck-banned-from-blackjack-at-hard-rock-after-counting-cards/ |work=People |access-date=April 15, 2017 |date=May 3, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416045427/http://people.com/celebrity/ben-affleck-banned-from-blackjack-at-hard-rock-after-counting-cards/ |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> Affleck has repeatedly denied tabloid reports of a gambling addiction.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Dunn |first1=Jancee |title=Ben Affleck's Hollywood Ending |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/ben-afflecks-hollywood-ending-20040401?page=3 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 15, 2017 |date=April 1, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114180828/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/ben-afflecks-hollywood-ending-20040401?page=3 |archive-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Robbins |first1=Stephanie |title=Ben Affleck Discusses Gambling Rumors in Details |url=http://people.com/celebrity/ben-affleck-discusses-gambling-rumors-in-details/ |work=People |access-date=April 16, 2017 |date=September 18, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415075531/http://people.com/celebrity/ben-affleck-discusses-gambling-rumors-in-details/ |archive-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>