So that guy that bet his life savings on a single spin in Vegas... won
 

I'll be damned.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...eut/index.html


LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Reuters) -- A British man who sold all his possessions, including his clothes, stood in a rented tuxedo on Sunday 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 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.

haha i seen that...now was it a setup?

NICE:thumbsup :thumbsup

He didn't walk away with $270,600. He gave a $600 tip to the roulette guy.

$6000

Welcome to Last Night

He's a naughty boy!


""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.""


:rasta

I'm sure his greed gland has probably already gone into overdrive. He thinks he's a fucking genius and invincible because a single spin went his way and he has a bunch of attention from the media.

If he isn't smart enough to haul ass to the airport and get the fuck out ASAP, then he will be penniless in 3 weeks....

$270k would only just last you about 3 years

It was one of the most stupid things to do, but he did get lucky...:glugglug

I think there's a big chance it might have been. The Casino would pay that much for the publicity, make me a little suspicious. :glugglug

Yeah, that was on TV last night! Sold everything to do it apparentlly.

yeah, but $130k would only last you 1.5 years :)

Thats IT!!!
Im taking my 2 bucks and heading for Vegas :Graucho

Anyone wanna meet up and rent me a suit?

dam talk about luck i would have lost everything :helpme

i am damn glad he won

i'll rent it for you but you gotta cut me in for 25% of your winnings :winkwink:

WOOT you got ya self a deal there :Graucho

I thouht they grabbed taxes right away. I realize he is british but don't they still withhold some?

Can you see it now a new reality show? I wonder how long it will take Fox to pick that one up?

thats insane! dude is lucky it came up on Red instead of black. $200k isnt that much.....its a nice fuckin start though! :)

So, when taxes are done, he'll get what he bet , back. LOL Gotta love America! :thumbsup

So he did it, really idiot thing anyways :2 cents:

lucky guy

Do you think the casino would let a high publicity event like that send out the message "you will lose" to the masses?

No way. It was fixed.

And lucky #7, come on.

lucky bastard

How many mongoloids will now flock like lemmings to vegas to try the same boneheaded play, most to end up losing everything?

I'm thinking lots.


"Hey, if he can do it, so can I" mentality.



I wonder what that guy would have done if he had of lost. I'm envisioning a tuxedo-clad swan dive off the roof.

i cant believe it, i should go get his fucking autograph

next thing we know he will have an autobiography out though lmao

Must have been a set up. Where did all the publicity come from?

Fixed!

lucky dude (if it wasn't fake just to get publicity)

but if i were that guys dad, i would bitchslap him for selling all his stuff just to make one big bet.
I hope that dude doesn't have a wife and kids, otherwise they should leave that dude ASAP.

The moment he gambled and that he won was just shown on television here, funny.

:thumbsup good for him

How would they set up a roulette spin when there were hundreds of people and media representatives watching ?

Publicity came beforehand - he had announced his intentions to gamble everything, and UK media decided to cash on it.

Its been done before. And you dont even need David Cooperfield for that.

$600

I wish, but that's gotta be a set up...

fixed?

I think so

Yeah. I wouldnt promote that.

Living in Vegas myself, I see the thousands of "drones" that walk into these casionos and loe their life savings. Its a sad sight to see :(

Unbelievable,

That's amazing! Very cool story. Reminds me of some of those Superbowl winnings. But this guy first gave it all up. LOL Awesome. Crazy.

I would have been so pissed if it landed on 0 or 00

LOL, greedy bastard :ak47:

That's one lucky fucker for sure!!!