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from Reuters.

Briton to bet it all on one spin of the wheel
Man sells all of his possessions, heads to Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES - 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.

What a dumb ass Brit.

"Darn, red!" :lol:

what a dumb ass thread

How much is he being paid by the TV company?

Nothing. He may be dumb, but what the hell. Who cares.

How much is he being paid by the TV company?
he is not getting paid by the TV company, he is just throwing everything he has at no cost to the TV company.

Someone going to tell us how it ends? :)

Someone going to tell us how it ends? :)

He looses everything he's got except for some pocket money. Then he buys a gun.

~The End~



Probably not a good story to tell the kids when they don't want to sleep... :P

Anyone want to take odds on how long after the spin this guy kills himself if he loses?

Anyone want to take odds on how long after the spin this guy kills himself if he loses?
i'll give 5:1 odds it is within a week, if he can afford to buy a bullett and borrow a gun.

How much is he being paid by the TV company?
he is not getting paid by the TV company, he is just throwing everything he has at no cost to the TV company.

Sorry: somehow I skimmed over that bit and didn't take it in. The man is a fool - not because he probably has severe psychological compulsion to gamble, but because he is prepared to give free material to a TV company.

How much is he being paid by the TV company?
he is not getting paid by the TV company, he is just throwing everything he has at no cost to the TV company.

Sorry: somehow I skimmed over that bit and didn't take it in. The man is a fool - not because he probably has severe psychological compulsion to gamble, but because he is prepared to give free material to a TV company.

So you think the gambling-everything-he-has part isn't stupid?

So you think the gambling-everything-he-has part isn't stupid?

I don't think it is wise, but I would suspect that anyone that would go through with it would not necessarilly be stupid, instead somewhat psychologically compulsive. I don't want to say that the man is mentally ill, but perhaps not the most balanced.

Thus: I think it is stupid, but that does not mean the man is stupid.

It would be funny if he wins. Could you post the results, when they happen?

It would be funny if he wins. Could you post the results, when they happen?
it happened sometime today, i am trying to find out how the poor fool did.

the dumbass won!!!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=597&e=12&u=/nm/people_bet_dc

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.

"It all happened so quickly, it was spinning before I knew it," Revell said, adding he did not intend to try to double it again. He gave a $600 tip to the croupier and plans to party -- and buy some clothes.

personally i think hes a genius. a very lucky genius...

personally i think hes a genius. a very lucky genius...
i was always told that it is better to be lucky than good, this man proves it.

personally i think hes a genius. a very lucky genius...
i was always told that it is better to be lucky than good, this man proves it.

Lets hope you are lucky then, you are seemingly not very good.

damn straight. i wish i could sell all my possesions and then get double what its worth. too bad im to much of a pussy.

personally i think hes a genius. a very lucky genius...
i was always told that it is better to be lucky than good, this man proves it.

Lets hope you are lucky then, you are seemingly not very good.
i am not dumb enaugh to risk my enitre life's work on something that gives me less than a 50% chance of winning.

if i was that good, I would still like to "increase my odds"

personally i think hes a genius. a very lucky genius...
i was always told that it is better to be lucky than good, this man proves it.

Lets hope you are lucky then, you are seemingly not very good.
i am not dumb enaugh to risk my enitre life's work on something that gives me less than a 50% chance of winning.

if i was that good, I would still like to "increase my odds"

Perhaps you could try russian roulette

personally i think hes a genius. a very lucky genius...
i was always told that it is better to be lucky than good, this man proves it.

Lets hope you are lucky then, you are seemingly not very good.
i am not dumb enaugh to risk my enitre life's work on something that gives me less than a 50% chance of winning.

if i was that good, I would still like to "increase my odds"

Perhaps you could try russian roulette

a 5/6 chance of "winning"?

yeah I would do that if winning allowed me to double my worth.

There used to be a way to cover your bets in roulette, but they got rid of it in the 30s or 40s. Does anyone remember how?

There used to be a way to cover your bets in roulette, but they got rid of it in the 30s or 40s. Does anyone remember how?

Is this a graded quiz? :?

There used to be a way to cover your bets in roulette, but they got rid of it in the 30s or 40s. Does anyone remember how?

Is this a graded quiz? :?

Yes. And it counts towards 70% of your final grade.

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