Separated! Ben Affleck Spotted In Vegas At 3AM While Jen's In NY — 31 Days Apart

Jennifer Garner recently said that her marriage to Ben Affleck requires lots of "patience," but has her patience run out? RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the couple have been living separate lives in recent weeks, with Affleck secretly spotted in Las Vegas while his wife was in New York!

Garner was photographed having lunch with a friend at Sant Ambroeus in Manhattan on May 13. She left their kids, Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and Sam, 3, back in L.A. But according to insiders, Affleck was not playing babysitter. Instead, he was spotted gambling hours away in Las Vegas!

Twitter user @LetsGoBulls11 posted at 3:19 am on May 14, "Ben Affleck here at the #Venetian, high stakes #poker #Vegas."

Hours later, Affleck was back in Los Angeles, photographed taking his kids to school and looking slightly worse for the wear.

As RadarOnline.com has reported, Affleck has increasingly been spotted outside the family home as his marriage has crumbled. He was also photographed in Las Vegas on May 3, where he played high-stakes poker for several hours, according to reports.

And on Garner's birthday, April 17, he was spotted on a solo trip to Canada — not wearing his wedding ring.

One year ago, Affleck was kicked out of the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas for counting cards, but Garner was with him at the time.

Reps for Affleck and Garner did not respond to request for comment.

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