In?the media over the years, Ben Affleck has kind of been made out to be some sort of asshole gambling addict who counts cards and shit and it’s ruining his marriage or whatever, blah blah blah. Ben hasn’t really addressed any of this shit before, but in the October issue?of Details magazine he finally comments on the whole situation by giving a whopping?”Don’t give a fuuuuuuuuck.”??
In the magazine, Ben does something unusual for a celebrity: he tells the truth and doesn’t give a shit that you know. Ben is very “Yes, I count cards. It’s not even illegal. I don’t give a fuck, get over it.” I’ve been growing to like Ben Affleck more and more over the past few years and, frankly, this shit just adds to his likability.
Details, like the good hard hitting reporters they are, obviously asked Ben about his recent scandal of being caught counting cards at a casino and getting kicked out, and instead of ignoring the question or having his people shut that shit down like many celebs would, Ben got real honest about that shit:
That is a true story. I mean, that took place. 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. I mean, the fact that being good at the game is against the rules at the casinos should tell you something about casinos.
Now, here I was thinking that casinos were good honest places where people could win honest money and nothing was rigged or fixed or anything like that. Well, boy do I feel like a fool!
Anyway, Ben then went on to explain why he even started counting cards in the first place:
I had always liked blackjack. I don't play any other games of chance. I don't bet on football games, and I don't gamble at all, really, outside of that. But I knew with blackjack that there's a way you can improve your odds. 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.? It was sort of presented like I did something illegal. You know what I mean?
From what I’ve seen on tv and in movies, I totally thought counting cards was illegal which is why people get kicked out of casinos and get their legs broken over it, but it totally makes sense that it’s not illegal because it’s just fucking counting and being good at something. If anything, Ben Affleck was really fucking smart to talk about it because it really just made casinos look like assholes, not him.