Sunday Mirror: The object of Ben's Afflection

HOLLYWOOD high roller Ben Affleck is used to losing his shirt at the casino but his sexy new play thing rips off a lot more than that in her movies.

Affleck - on the rebound from Latin firecracker Jennifer Lopez - is said to have fallen for gorgeous Baywatch babe Krista Allen, who recently split up with another Irish American hunk, George Clooney.

The pair are said to have teamed up after running into each other at the poker tables in Las Vegas and if her performances in SEVEN Emmanuelle movies are anything to go by, he may not have recognised her with her clothes on!

The former Miss Texas shot to fame in the role originally made famous by Dutch bombshell Sylvia Kristel and her lurid sex scenes leave very little to the imagination.

In the movies - renamed Emmanuelle in Space, Emmanuelle is dispatched into the Cosmos to show aliens how to make love.

Krista, 32, who also enjoyed an eye-popping role as the Girl With Big Breasts in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar, surprised friends last month when she broke up with Clooney after a torrid two year romance because he wouldn't commit to marriage.

"Krista was brokenhearted because she really believed George was the one," reveals a friend. "She was even prepared to have his baby and was telling friends to expect a wedding announcement soon.

"When she realised that marriage wasn't in George's plans she ended the romance - then had a bad case of the blues."

To cheer her up, ex-boyfriend comedian David Spade flew her to Vegas where she met gambling addict Affleck and began playing cards with him.

The pair, who starred together in sci-fi flick Paycheck, were soon flirting together and laughing and joking.

After a cosy dinner, they are said to have retired to Affleck's luxury suite at the Bellagio.

Krista will have to get used to Affleck's hard gambling ways. The star once scooped a mammoth $800,000 jackpot while playing cards but pals say he usually loses more than he wins.

This year - accompanied by J-Lo and her mum Guadalupe Lopez - he took part in the "Showdown of the Sands" poker tournament in Atlantic City, where he took a heavy beating after paying a $10,000 entry fee. Then, back at the hotel, he is said to have lost more than $50,000 on blackjack.

His love of the tables has certainly rubbed off on Guadalupe though.

Last Saturday J-Lo's mum beat astronomical odds when she played a dollar "Wheel of Fortune" slot machine at the ritzy Atlantic City Borgata - and hit a $2.4 million payout.