Sky One - Double or Nothing (Man bets everything he owns in Las Vegas)

[budfox]

Dont know if anyone has heard of this program but some bloke has sold everything he has, raising about £75k or something.

He is then going to bet on a game of roulette in Las Vegas.

Anyway its on live now on Sky One and he's gonna make the bet in about 15 mins.

Should be interesting.

[xraystan]

Watching this now, and I'm still not 100% convinced that it's genuine.

[budfox]

I havent watched the setup shows so i'm not sure if its real or not.

[simonmac]

I've watched the 1st one, and thought "Is a £75,000 bet alot for Vegas" i thought they get's bets like this every day. My money is on BLACK.

[simonmac]

HE WON :clap: :clap: :clap:

[RPG]

My money is on RED I reckon sky will pay his money back if he loses though..

edit: what colour did he bet on then?

[xraystan]

Must admit I thought he would have found it easy to bet that amount in Vegas.
Well done on him winning though. :clap:

If it is real. ;)

[budfox]

He was never gonna walk away with nothing because Sky had to be paying him something.

[simonmac]

RED

I would have lost

[platty]

Originally posted by xraystan
Must admit I thought he would have found it easy to bet that amount in Vegas.
Well done on him winning though. :clap:

If it is real. ;)

I think casinos in Vegas are always wary of somebody betting that much money if they are a relative unknown...hence the reluctancy of most of them to accept the bet ..... :confused: :searchme:

[kjn6371]

It was apparently a bit touch and go if this thing was going to happen. The Nevada Gaming Commission had got involved and now the Hotel had got cold feet.

A friend gave me the news that this bloke was in the papers mid-week and is a con-artist of small repute, anyone have more details?

[morleyian]

http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=281290

Knew I should have added something to the thread header to grab people's attention :thumbs:

[losimagic]

so how much did he win?

[simonmac]

Originally posted by losimagic
so how much did he win?

Doubled his £75,000 (ish) did not give the exact amount

[camaj]

Originally posted by simonmac
Doubled his £75,000 (ish) did not give the exact amount

£150,000?

[simonmac]

Originally posted by camaj
£150,000?

I meant they did not give the full amount he bet.

[hunts1uk]

Would of been better TV viewing if he had lost.:cry:

[ryonhilluk]

It was on Five news earlier.

[elvistheking]

he did not risk everything he got 20k from bluesq for changing his name, and 25k from his father for a share in the family business. So he only risked about 30K which he could have quite easily make back if he lost , in his original pitch he said he would have between £100 and £200k

Nice free trip to Vegas though

[maddogsuk]

Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold all his possessions in March, took $135,300 (74,000 pounds) to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, did some low stakes gambling and then placed everything he had left on "Red."


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.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040411/80/eqt5w.html

[camaj]

Originally posted by simonmac
RED

I would have lost

I would have won! Shame I didn't though :cry:

[mattyp]

I had a bit of a :dork: thought.

If he put in the money a few months ago, into this "betting account" the US dollar would have been stronger, so when he pulls it out now, it wont actually be worth the figure quoted ;)

[CrowHitsJet]

To be fair, when we watched last week's Sky One show about the build up, where he sold practically his last loo roll, we couldn't help thinking about the book deal he'll be lined up for, and the papers (if you read The Sun, he bed red entirely on their suggestion), the film rights, and the Sky one deal. Even if he'd have lost he'd be walking with 100K, I reckon.