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A Roulette Double or Nothing Bet
Ashley Revell made roulette history in the year 2004 when he sold everything he owned, including his clothes, for a total of $135,300. He then flew to Las Vegas, rented a tuxedo, and proceeded to place the whole of his cash worth on a roulette double-or-nothing bet on the color red.
The roulette ball came to rest on Red 7 and Revell immediately won $270,600!
The decision to do this crazy act was not made on the spur of the moment. Ashley Revell is a Londoner, and the outlandish idea was discussed with a friend several months earlier. Revell wanted a fresh start in life and this big gambling risk was either going to give him a financial boost or else he was going to have to start his life from scratch.
Finding the Casino to Take His Roulette Bet
Ashley Revell had hired a TV crew from the British news channel SkyOne, but it was not so easy to find a casino that would take this "all or nothing" roulette bet. Most likely the Vegas casinos were not too keen on the idea that you can lose everything you own at the game of roulette and didn't want to risk it.
However, the Plaza Hotel Casino decided to take the bet. Ashley Revell later claimed that his decision to put all his chips on Red was a last minute thing influenced by fan polls taken in Britain.
What is certain is that he won his roulette bet, picked up his $270,600, gave the croupier a nice $600 tip and walked away from the roulette table. He was asked if he would like to try to double his money again, but he wisely refused and returned to London.
Revell later said that "it was the most amazing experience I ever had in my life" and "the first thing I am going to do is buy some new clothes".
An Earlier Roulette Feat
Actually, there was one other very famous roulette feat in the year 1873. Again an Englishman, Joseph Jaggers, who found a bug in one of the roulette wheels at the Monte Carlo casino, managed to win 165,000 Sterling Pounds which, at that time, was a huge amount of money.
But Ashley Revell's roulette bet still remains the most famous undoubtedly due to the TV coverage given to his play. It was certainly an audacious and daring adventure that paid off.
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