BadaBing Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Man to bet all on Vegas roulette spin Now the subject of TV show Thursday, April 8, 2004 Posted: 11:19 AM EDT (1519 GMT) Will it be red -- or black? Or zero or double zero? Ashley Revell's life savings is riding on one spin. 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 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvarpala Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 BadaBing said: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. What a f*cking arsehole.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 saw that guy being interviewed on the telly. He seemed an otherwise reasonable guy. I suppose he just got bored and it seemed like a good idea. Mind you I've heard an even stranger one about some bloke who spent so much money flying to Thailand to shag whores that he's crippled by debt. I'd never let that happen to me. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Why is he an A-Hole??? :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadaBing Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 What happens " Taxwise " if he wins and then returns to England ? Here he won't pay anything , but what about his return ? Bada :: Bing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Not that well up on those sort of things. If it's tax free in US he might be better banking it there and and using a US ATM in the UK. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I'd put all on black, twice BelgianthebetterBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadaBing Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Being a Brit , he might want to consider a different hotel to place that bet. Same hotel that John Entwhistle was in when his lights went out for good. BadablingblingBing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadaBing Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 BelgianBoy said:I'd put all on black, twice BelgianthebetterBoy I'm still trying to figure out how many ST's lost if he loses... and how many LT's won if he wins... :hubba: BadastillcalculatingBing :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 BadaBing said:[ I'm still trying to figure out how many ST's lost if he loses... and how many LT's won if he wins... :hubba: Enough to keep his bollocks empty and two moderately sized Malaysian rubber plantations in business for a good two or three years. He could completely regenerate Khorat and Udon Thani. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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