United Kingdom, March 10 -- Chelsea Handler is in a new relationship with a mystery man she borrowed $1,000 from at a blackjack table.

The US comedian and television host, 51, described the incident in a new interview, revealing how the chance encounter has since turned into a globe-trotting romance, but refused to identify her new boyfriend.

While discussing her return to her comedy residency at The Chelsea theatre at The Cosmopolitan in Sin City, Chelsea told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the relationship began after she asked a man wearing a cowboy hat to lend her money during a night gambling at the casino.

She said: "I picked up a gambling habit. Every month, when I perform, I always have a group of friends that come out, randos fr...