Famous roulette gamblers: Ashley Revell

Posted on July 2, 2008
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One of the most famous roulette gamblers is Ashley Revell, a London England native. In 2004, Ashley Revell, then age 32, of Kent, England, sold everything he owned, all of his possessions, clothing included. “Everything” means every single thing. He saved one pair of pants and one pair of underwear. He then bought an airplane ticket to Las Vegas, and proceeded to the Plaza Hotel and Casino. Wearing a borrowed jacket, he traded in his entire net worth - $135,300 - for chips, went to the roulette table, and placed all the chips on Red in a double-or-nothing bet.

The bet was placed, the wheel spun around, the wheel slowed down. Ashley held his breath, the crowd held its breath, and the ball landed on . . . Red 7. In a single spin of the roulette wheel, Ashley had doubled his money to $270,600. Ashley was then asked if he would like to try to double his money again. In a moment of sanity, he replied, “No thanks.” He politely tipped the croupier $600, and walked away with his $270,000. The event was broadcasted by Britain�s Sky one television on their reality series �Double or Nothing� and can be watched on YouTube.

After the big win at roulette, Ashley said, “That was just the most amazing experience I have ever had in my life. The first thing I am going to do is buy some new clothes.” The final word belongs to Ashley Revell’s father, who said “He shouldn’t have done it. He’s a naughty boy.”

CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked Revell what was going through his mind when the wheel was spinning. Here is what he said: �It was just … pleading that I’d pick it and that it would come in red. Before I actually walked up to the wheel, I was thinking about putting it on black, and then suddenly the guy was spinning the ball around and all the Sky viewers said … they voted that I should put it on red. So suddenly I just put it all on red. But … I was just pleading that it would come in and I’d get lucky this time. What I was really worried about was that I’d lose and my parents would be upset and my family would, you know, all my friends would be upset. So … I was obviously just so happy when it came in.

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