A British man who has sold all his possessions, bet everything on a single spin of
 

the roulette wheel.

I wanna see this!!:thumbsup

LOS ANGELES (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 hahahahahahahahaing 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 or 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.

Here's a picture of the guy. They're probably brass.
http://www.theflyingsaucer.com/fs-balls.jpg

Perhaps he's hoping that the publicity of him (if he loses) will have a lot of people sorry for him being so stupid, and send him some money. Though maybe he actually has a backup..

Cheers,
Matt

Sounds like a loser to me.

At least a 50% chance of being a loser....


:rasta

no risk no fun..

but that would be a bit too much risk for me ;)

Better bet black baby.

alot of people are deep in debt and low on assets..hes prolly on bankruptcy's doorstep

Poor guy.

That's, living on the ege! :glugglug

damn that boy has kahunas. its obviously all about publicity, he probably has a little sum sum stashed in case its a rainy day :)

Not a bad idea, I think i'll give that idea a try too!

crazy mother fucker

Damn, I couldn't do that with roulette, blackjack maybe. :1orglaugh

Black 33...



never fails!!!

Totally insane. I just hope his ridiculous decision only affects himself.

Cool, I want to see it :winkwink:

Even if he loses, if Sky News will follow him for a month, his face will become popular and he will be offered jobs in advertisements. :)

Hehe, no doubt

you always gotta bet on the black

If this crazy ass wins. Vegas is going to be floating with guys in rented tuxedos.

EDIT: Guess it already is.

There is crazy people in London I see :1orglaugh

Let's face it... if he loses everything, he will probably earn double what he had from interviews, advertisements, etc.

Chicken? :1orglaugh

The problem is that with the 00 spot on the wheel it is not a true 50/50 chance.

V

he's a man with some balls

He's fucked.
Casino always wins.

they are promoting the fuck out of that show too.


mind you this is the country where last year they had live russian roulette on tv (real or fake..you decide).

hey I got drunk with his mum once!

I think hes doing it for the PR so if he loses its not so bad

I always joke that if i won the lottery, i would fly to vegas and bet it all on black. LOL

That guys a hardcore gambler.

that's a pretyy ballsy move.

imagine his face when he wins or loses.

he just wants the publicity

I'd bet on 0.

I hope Sky One will at least pay him a little something something if he loses it all. Not fair that they make money off his loss.

WG

hope he loses :thumbsup

they will just get The Sun 'newspaper' to buy his story. That way it doesn't break their promise but since the same guy owns them both he gets the money. All is fair in Rupert's world.

If I was gonna bet that much at one time I'd go to Binion's Horseshoe casino and put $20,000 on the pass line and the rest as odds after the point is established.

:thumbsup

Of course it only affects him, he has already sold the kids and wife to buy lotto tickets

hope he wins, that takes alot of balls :thumbsup