News & Politics - Man to Bet All on Vegas Roulette Spin

Headhunter · 04-09-2004, 09:50 PM

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Man to bet all on Vegas roulette spin
Now the subject of TV show

Friday, April 9, 2004 Posted: 9:40 AM EDT (1340 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

If he wins, he doubles his money. If he loses, he will be left with only the television crew documenting his every move.

Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, said he was worth about 75,000 pounds ($138,000) after he sold everything in March.

"I thought I was worth at least 100,000 pounds," he said in a telephone interview from Las Vegas, where he is putting in a week gambling about $3,000 in a bid to raise his pot.

By Wednesday, he was down $1,000.

Revell said he had planned to have a friend videotape his bet-it-all spin, but Britain's Sky One television decided it was worth a short reality series, called "Double or Nothing."

Sky will not pay him, he says, but a crew has followed his preparation and will cover the spin live on Sunday at the Hard Rock casino in Las Vegas. It also plans to follow him for a month afterward, win or lose.

Revell, recently a professional gambler, said he decided to take a big plunge while he was still young and raised the stakes as high as possible, including selling his clothes.

"I like to do things properly," he said.

He had not decided yet whether to place his money on red or black on Sunday afternoon.

"I don't know, man," he said. "One of them is going to be the right thing to say and one is going to be the wrong thing."

He added that if he won he would probably take his winnings rather than spin again.

Man has balls of steel, but brains of...*ahem*.

[ 04-09-2004: Message edited Headhunter ]

migamoo · 04-09-2004, 10:37 PM

yeah, that guys crazy.

Katis · 04-09-2004, 11:11 PM

What a moron. If he loses, I will laugh.

-Kelly- · 04-09-2004, 11:33 PM

[img]smilies/crazy.gif[/img]

Avatar · 04-12-2004, 02:30 AM

Luck favours the brave:

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Briton bets all on red - and wins
Mon 12 April, 2004 07:32

By Wendy Urquhart

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A British man who sold all his possessions, including his clothes, stood in a rented tuxedo surrounded by family and friends and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

He won't go home empty handed.

Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold all his possessions in March, took $135,300 (74,000 pounds) to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, did some low stakes gambling and then placed everything he had left on "Red."

The wheel was spun, a crowd of supporters including his Mum and Dad from London went wild, the ball bobbled over the slots and landed on Red '7' -- and Revell walked away with $270,600.

"It all happened so quickly, it was spinning before I knew it," Revell said, adding he did not intend to try to double it again. He gave a $600 tip to the croupier and plans to party -- and buy some clothes.

"It's really down to my friends and family and Mum and Dad," he told Reuters Television on Sunday. "I knew even if I lost I'd always have a home to go to."

"I'm still against it," said his Dad. "He shouldn't have done it. He's a naughty boy. I tell my kids they shouldn't gamble. I've got four others and they're all going to want to go the same way."

"It's just brilliant," said Ashley Hames, a friend from London in Las Vegas for the occasion. "He's put his neck on the line and got away with it. It's absolutely great."

"It bobbled for a second and I just thought, 'Oh no, it's not going to do it,'" said another friend, James Frederick. "But it did and I'm made up for him. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy."

Asked if he wanted to try his luck again, Revell said: "No that's it for me. I think he'd like me to do it again, but no that's it," gesturing to a casino host. "I don't want to ride my luck," he said as the champagne began to flow.

This week, the gambling spirits had seemed against him. He put in a week gambling about $3,000 in a bid to raise his pot.

By Wednesday, he was down $1,000.

Revell, recently a professional gambler, said he decided to take a big plunge while he was still young and had raised the stakes as high as possible, including selling his clothes.

"I like to do things properly," he said.

Revell said he had planned to have a friend videotape his bet-it-all spin, but Sky One television decided it was worth a short reality series, called "Double or Nothing."

Sky will not pay him, he says, but a crew from Dai4 Films has followed his preparations and covered the spin at the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. It also plans to follow him for a month afterward.

-Kelly- · 04-12-2004, 08:02 AM

I'm glad he won but I still think he's [img]smilies/crazy.gif[/img] crazy

**The Happy Psycho** · 04-12-2004, 08:03 AM

I was hoping he'd lose.

Katis · 04-12-2004, 12:28 PM

[img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] Man. I wonder if we're going to have a bunch of crazies now trying to do the same thing.

Papri · 04-13-2004, 10:59 AM

Yeah, but he wouldn't have been destitute even if he did lose - think of all the magazines/newspapers/TV shows paying him big money for his story.

Becca Joan · 04-13-2004, 05:04 PM

I heard about this, what is going to happen if he loses? Is he basing this on some 'scientific' principle that gives him better odds?

Rattus Norvegicus · 04-16-2004, 12:33 AM

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Originally posted by Becca Joan:
<STRONG>I heard about this, what is going to happen if he loses? Is he basing this on some 'scientific' principle that gives him better odds?</STRONG>

Actually, I just think he wanted to have some 'fun'. I read about it in the newspaper, and he had like 47,8% chance of winning (or something like that).

I think he was really lucky, all though I also think we're gonna have morons trying the same now. Let's just hope they don't bet all they own. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

ros2nz · 04-16-2004, 01:35 AM

Jeez...what a psycho. But a lucky one, I guess. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

Bill bobidy · 04-18-2004, 01:40 PM

Anyone willing to risk so much on a gamble is a candidate for gamblers annonymous.

There's is not a chance in hell he'll stay away from the table unless he gets help and will no doubt loose it all.

Course, if he's a pro poker player and good at it I may well eat my words.

J@NeY · 04-18-2004, 06:32 PM

He has balls of steal or brains of mush. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

I mysekf have be known to bet when I go to Vegas but still nothing like that. I mean he could have lost it all but I am glad he won I am happy for the dude. I just hope he leaves the gamabling at that.

Elegantly Wasted · 04-21-2004, 05:14 AM

The man is a professional gambler and he is apparently a top poker player. He seemed really funny when they interviewed him before he left for Las Vegas. I'm glad he won, otherwise he would have had to move back in with his parents!