Ben Affleck fully embraces his love of the game and stars in a new sports betting ad for Wynn Las Vegas alongside Shaq and Melvin Gregg.
In the advertising of sports betting WynnBet, the 49-year-old Oscar winner mocks his lucrative hobby while walking on the casino floor in front of other gambling mates, including Jennifer Lopez’s mother, Guadalupe Lopez.
Affleck has a checkered past in Las Vegas; in 2014 he was banned from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel for allegedly “counting cards”.
Place your bets: Ben Affleck is fully embracing his love of the game and starring in a new sports betting ad for Wynn Las Vegas alongside Shaq, Melvin Gregg and Jennifer Lopez’s mother, Lupe.
The spot, directed by Affleck, begins with him and actor Melvin Gregg, 32, mounted in the back seat of a chauffeur-driven car heading into the Las Vegas Strip.
Ben tells the driver to slow down so he can “make his choices” and gets tips on how to place bets on upcoming games.
“I don’t want you to lose,” Melvin tells Ben, who is busy listening to the driver.
“I win … sometimes,” Ben replies unconvincingly, as the two play playfully about Affleck’s odds.
Oscar winner: The spot, directed by Affleck, begins with him and actor Melvin Gregg, 32, riding in the back seat of a chauffeur-driven car heading into the Las Vegas Strip.
“I don’t want you to lose,” Melvin tells Ben, who is busy listening to the driver. “I win … sometimes,” Ben replies unconvincingly, as the two play playfully about Affleck’s odds.
When Ben arrives at the Wynn in Las Vegas and takes a walk around the casino floor, he is interrupted by other playmates, all willing to offer advice on his sports options.
‘Dallas always loses when mercury is retrograde. It’s science, ”one woman tells him from the blackjack table.“ It’s true, ”adds another.
The Good Will Hunting actor sees a familiar face playing the slots, Lupe, the mother of his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez.
“Come on Lupe, you can make this girl,” JLo’s mother declares as she hits a slot machine. “Like the slots in St. Louis.”
Big winner: In the advertisement for the book WynnBet Sports, the 49-year-old mocks his lucrative gambling hobby while taking advice on sports betting
All in all: while Ben arrives at the Wynn Las Vegas and takes a walk around the casino floor, he is interrupted by other playmates, all willing to offer advice on his sports options.
‘Dallas always loses when mercury is retrograde. It’s science, “a woman tells him from the blackjack table.” It’s true, “adds another
While discussing how “terrible” Miami is, Ben is heard by former Miami Heat player Shaq, who has a seven-foot frame and an inch on the actor.
“Now they’re terrible,” he stutters. But they used to be amazing, you know, when-when-when Shaq played. What’s up Shaq?
Betting is a “team sport,” Ben tells his casino friends, only to learn that they all used the “Greg” method and won, while Ben, a native of Massachusetts, bet and lost in Boston. .
‘We bet a lot on Boston this year! #Ad Here’s a look at the site I ran to launch @wynnbet – a new sportsbook app that makes betting a team sport, “Ben wrote on Instagram.” It’s always fun to form a team. with @Shaq and @melvingregg “.
Who is this lady? Good Will Hunting actor sees a familiar face who plays the slots, Lupe, the mother of his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez
“Come on Lupe, you can make this girl,” JLo’s mother declares as she hits a slot machine. “Like the slots in St. Louis.”
Mother and daughter: JLo poses with his beloved mother Lupe in 2005
“He had the honor of mentoring @benaffleck and showing him the sports betting forms with @wynnbet: Wynn’s sports betting app facilitates betting together,” Melvin wrote about the ad in the social networks.
Affleck has a well-established history as a senior pilot at the Wynn and earlier this summer saw the tables until 3 a.m. while visiting Las Vegas to direct a new film.
Ben has long been a lover of gambling and was once so good at blackjack that he was accused of counting cards and later banned from gambling at Hard Rock Casino & Hotel.
He had been in town with his then-wife Jennifer Garner when security approached him about the alleged letter count.
Cameo! As he discusses how “terrible” Miami is, Ben is heard by former Miami Heat player Shaq, who has a seven-foot frame and an inch on the actor.
“Now they’re terrible,” he stutters. But they used to be amazing, you know, when-when-when Shaq played. What’s up Shaq?
Back when: Affleck has a checkered past in Las Vegas, in 2014 he was banned from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel for allegedly “counting cards.”
Staff are said to have accused him of the tactic, which is not illegal, but is grounds for prohibition.
A source told MailOnline at the time that Ben was still welcome at the hotel and that he was banned from playing blackjack.
The informant said: ‘Security said,’ You’re too good at the game. ‘ “The hotel was very good about it and told me I could play other games. They also ended up taking a car to him and Jennifer to their hotel.
In 2014, Ben admitted in an interview to Details magazine that he was given the temporary boot of Hard Rock after security considered him “too good” at the tables.
Wow! He had been in town with his then-wife Jennifer Garner when security approached him about card counting, which is not illegal, but reason to be removed from the casino floor.
Too good: a source told MailOnline at the time that Ben was still welcome at the hotel and that he was banned from playing blackjack
This is a real story. I mean it took place, ”he said when asked to clarify the reports he was banned from.
It took me a while to learn the game and I became a decent blackjack player. And once I became decent, casinos asked me not to play blackjack. I mean being good at gambling is against the rules of casinos I should tell you something about casinos.
Meanwhile, Ben has revived things with his fiancée Jennifer Lopez and things are getting pretty serious between the couple.
Meanwhile, the Justice League star has been in love with Jennifer, 52, since May this year and is said to be considering proposing her again.
The Justice League star has been in love with Jennifer, 52, since May this year, after reclaiming their romance after two years together between 2002 and 2004.
And while the couple’s engagement during their last relationship didn’t work out, Ben hopes to get lucky the second time around, as he reportedly plans to ask Jennifer to marry him.
An insider told the weekly magazine Us:[Ben and Jennifer are] seriously talking about getting married. They’re both madly in love and don’t want to let go this time.
According to reports, Ben considers the “Hustlers” star to be “the one who ran away” and is “determined to make sure this doesn’t happen this time around.”
Before: Bennifer, as he was affectionately known in the press, spent two years together between 2002 and 2004