--- ---  # Ben Affleck Enjoying Casinos, Treating His Wife by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 19, 2014 3:13 PM UTC  Actors Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner arrive at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif. Actors Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner arrive at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif.C Flanigan—Getty Images by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 19, 2014 3:13 PM UTC While filming the sequel to 2013’s _Man of Steel_ in Detroit, actor Ben Affleck has reportedly been spending his free time stepping out at the city’s many casinos. There’s little information on his winnings, but the move comes as a surprise after an [incident](http://www.people.com/article/ben-affleck-hard-rock-blackjack-ban) in Las Vegas in May, which saw Affleck banned from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for allegedly counting cards. While rumors have spread that the incidents put a strain on Affleck’s marriage to Jennifer Garner, he was recently spotted in Barney’s in Beverly Hills, shopping for diamonds with daughter Seraphina, ahead of the couple’s nine-year anniversary. VIDEO: Ben Affleck Enjoying Casinos, Treating His Wife ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2900743/ben-affleck-casinos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2900743/ben-affleck-casinos/"},"headline":"Ben Affleck Enjoying Casinos, Treating His Wife","datePublished":"2014-06-19T15:13:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:30:43.051Z","description":"The star has been hitting the Detroit casinos when he takes off the Batman suit","url":"https://time.com/2900743/ben-affleck-casinos/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66a0a3abac84513/69869847169ab051d4279f9c/4765879291.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66a0a3abac84513/69869847169ab051d4279f9c/4765879291.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner","caption":"Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner","creditText":"C Flanigan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2900743/ben-affleck-casinos/","name":"Ben Affleck Enjoying Casinos, Treating His Wife"}}]}] ```