USA: BRITON ASHLEY REVELL WINS OVER $100,000 ON A SINGLE BET IN A LAS VEGAS CASINO

Record ID: 648487

  • Title: USA: BRITON ASHLEY REVELL WINS OVER $100,000 ON A SINGLE BET IN A LAS VEGAS CASINO
  • Date: 11th April 2004
  • Summary: (W1) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (APRIL 11, 2004) (REUTERS - SEE RESTRICTIONS) 1. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF THE PLAZA HOTEL AND CASINO, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. ASHLEY REVELL WALKING TO ROULETTE TABLE AND PEOPLE CHEERING 0.23 3. CU: CAROL REVELL (MOTHER OF ASHLEY) IN CROWD 0.28 4. SCU: CAMERA OPERATOR 0.35 5. SCU: BALL BEING DROPPED ONTO ROULETTE WHEEL BY DEALER 0.45 6. ASHLEY AND CROWD SCREAMING AND CHEERING 1.18 7. CU: CAROL REVELL CRYING 1.25 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ASHLEY REVELL SAYING: "I'm just so happy, I mean it's such a result that that came in, but it's really all down to my friends and family and my mum and dad, I knew even if I lost I'd always got a home to go to." 1.39 9. ASHLEY AND HIS MUM AND DAD DRINKING CHAMPAGNE 1.53 Initials CLEARED FOR RESALE/REUSE BY USERS MUST ADHERE TO RESTRICTIONS- REUTERS 13/4/4 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th April 2004 13:00
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  • Location: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVAF1VRN5FNC2GLXMKM7STJFVICL
  • Story Text: Briton wins over $100,000 on single bet in Las
    Vegas casino

    Ashley Revell sold his house, all of his furniture,
    his clothes and his car and came to Las Vegas to try to
    beat the odds as part of a new British reality show by Sky
    One/Dai4 Films called "Double Or Nothing."
    When he arrived at the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las
    Vegas, Ashley was wearing a rented tuxedo; the only thing
    he actually owned were his underpants.

    Ashley was greeted with cheers and clapping when he
    arrived at the roulette table, and friends and family
    looked on as the thirty two year old shook hands with the
    dealer before placing his US$135,300.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND
    THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS)
    bet on red.

    After choosing one of two white roulette balls, a
    nervous hush settled over the casino floor when the dealer
    started the wheel and threw the ball in, just one spin
    would decide whether Ashley would go home rich or poor.

    Ashley watched nervously as his future hung in the
    balance, the little white ball skipping around the wheel
    and when it finally settled on red, number 7; the thirty
    two year old, and everyone else on the casino floor, went
    crazy, punching the air and cheering.

    After his win, Ashley said "I'm just so happy, I mean
    it's such a result that that came in, but it's really all
    down to my friends and family and my mum and dad, I knew
    even if I lost I'd always got a home to go to."


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