20 years ago a british guy flew to Vegas to bet his entire life savings and assets on a roulette spin

20 years this month back in April 2004, Ashley Revell flew to Vegas to bet pretty much everything he ever owned ($136K) on a single roulette spin 

Made a 3 part programme to chronicle the journey 

Remember hearing about it at the time but paid little attention at the time 

Would you do this ? 

I watched that…..I was rooting that the idiot lost everything!

Crazy!

What would Jontay Portay have wagered?

@packersbackers

 His NBA career 

PUT IT ALL ON BLACK. Yes pretty great financial adivice, 50/50 right?.

I means the worst that can happen is you lose 136K
And best case scenario is you double that.

Reminds me of the Henny Younkman joke---A man lost big in 'Vegas and as he was driving away heard a voice say, "go back", went back...voice said go the the MGM , went to the MGM, voice said "bet everything on red 27", bet everything on red 27, lost... voice said---"how about that".

If he’d bet red it would have been black

huge bets always go to the house

its fixed 

@crafty_cockney

He did bet red and won. So not sure I understand the point.

@jesron1269

 He did however change his mind at the last second from black to red 

But I have heard conspiracies about roulette wheels being fixed like that with advanced computerised magnet type devices underneath certain tables 

@I-Got-5-On-It

No I heard that in the video. Just confused what the other poster meant. I guess you are telling me what he meant. I know this if I was ever to bet $173k on anything it would be sports. No chance I take a slightly less than 50/50 spin of the wheel on anything that substantial. Rigged or not.

Was a guy named Danny Ocean nearby?

Dan Mahowny would have bet it all on green