In between everything, she fell in love with Las Vegas. "It's just so lit up and beautiful; it feels like Disneyland for adults," she says. "I've had the pleasure of driving to Vegas a couple of times, and when you drive into it at night, it's just gorgeous. You feel like you're in the middle of a pinball machine." Here's where Jennifer Love Hewitt plays in Las ­Vegas.

So tell me about your first time there. The first time I was in Las Vegas was a while ago. I think I was maybe 12 or 13. I remember going to Circus Circus and how cool I thought it was because you could win all these toys and stuff like that. We stayed at the Flamingo Hilton. While we were checking in, my mom went and put a few quarters in the slot machine just for fun. Then we heard screaming, and my older brother and I were like, "That's our mom's scream!" We had not even finished checking in yet, and my mom had won $2,500 on three quarters! My mom has unbelievable luck in Las Vegas.

Does that lucky streak run in the family? I don't have any luck. My mom has all the luck when it comes to gambling. But one time I won $2,500 on a Slingo machine at Paris Las Vegas. I will never forget it because I was so excited, you would have thought I had won a million dollars. They came over and counted out twenty-five $100 bills in my hand. So my mom and I went up to the room, and we took all the money­ we had won and threw it around on the bed. We have some silly picture of me lying on a bed in Las Vegas with all of our winnings.

How much money did you have to put in the Slingo machine before you hit the jackpot? I think, like, $20. But I don't gamble with more than $200 in Vegas. That is my limit. I bought everyone dinner. And I bought a pair of Prada shoes.