- Ashley Revell
Ashley Revell (born 1972) is a
London resident who briefly achieved fame for selling all his possessions (including all his clothes) and gamblingUS$ 135,300 on a single spin of aroulette wheel inLas Vegas, Nevada . He even changed his name by deed poll to Ashley "Blue Square " Revell after the UK onlinebookmaker contributed to his gambling fund.Revell won his bet (on "Red"; the result was "7 Red") and left with double his money. The event was filmed by
Sky One as a realitymini-series . Ashley used his winnings to set up his own online poker company called "POKER UTD".Mentioned in fiction
An episode of the TV series "Las Vegas" entitled "One Nation, Under Surveillance", first broadcast
2005 -03-14 had a character and event loosely based on Ashley Revell.External links
* [http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/12/roulette.win/ CNN Interview with Revell]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCdBsOIKYA Video of the Bet]
* [http://www.pokerutd.com His website]
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