By Dylan Howard - Senior Executive Editor, Star magazine

In a new expose, Star has ripped the lid off Ben Affleck's secret gambling life and uncovered shocking charges that the actor had an almost half-million dollar poker debt to one of the most powerful movie moguls in Hollywood.

The sensational new accusations come after Star reported exclusively that the Academy Award winner was involved in a Tinseltown's top secret poker

ring involving A-Lister's Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt