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ASHLEY REVELL

The bet was placed; the wheel spun around; the wheel slowed down. Ashley held his breath,
the crowd held its breath, and the ball landed on . . . Red 7. In one spin of the roulette wheel,
Ashley had doubled his money to $270,600.

Ashley was then asked if he would like to try to double his money again. In a moment of sanity, he replied, "No thanks." He politely tipped the croupier $600, and walked away with his $270,000.

After the big win at roulette, Ashley said, "That was just the most amazing experience I have ever had in my life. The first thing I am going to do is buy some new clothes."

The final word belongs to Ashley Revell's father, who said "He shouldn't have done it. He's a naughty boy."

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(CNN) -- Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old man from London, England, sold everything he owned,
even his clothes, to try his luck Sunday on one spin of a roulette wheel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

He put $135,300 on red, and with friends and family watching, the ball hit the mark, giving
Revell $270,600. The event was filmed by Britain's Sky One television as a short reality series
called "Double or Nothing."

CNN's Anderson Cooper asked Revell what was going through his mind when the wheel was
spinning.

REVELL: It was just ... pleading that I'd pick[ed] it and that it
would come in red. Before I actually walked up to the wheel, I
was thinking about putting it on black, and then suddenly the
guy was spinning the ball around and all the Sky viewers said
... they [had] voted that I should put it on red. So suddenly I
just put it all on red.

But ... I was just pleading that it would come in and I'd get lucky
this time. What I was really worried about was that I'd lose and
my parents would be upset and my family would, you know, all
my friends would be upset. So ... I was obviously just so happy
when it came in.

COOPER: So you were going to put it on black, but people back
in England were voting, and they said you should put it on red?
You decided to do that?

REVELL: Yeah, that's right. I mean, with all those people sort of
hoping that it would be red, I thought I've got to go red, so that's
what I did.

COOPER: Your father was opposed to this whole concept all
along. This is what he had to say. He was quoted in an interview
as saying: 'I told him he was a naughty boy, he was a bad boy,
he shouldn't do it. He should work like all other kids do.' How
does he feel now? I mean, has he changed his mind?

REVELL: Yeah, I think so. I mean, I obviously went and shook his
hand before I did it, and after he was just hugging me and jumping
up and down. So, you know, I think most all dads are just concerned,
and he's seeing all my friends being married off and having kids
and stuff, and he's like any father, he just wants me to settle down
and make sure I'm secure.

COOPER: Now, why did you do this? I mean, is it true that you
sold all your possessions, even underwear, everything you had,
and then put all the money on this? Why? Was it all just to be on
TV?

REVELL: ... Looking back on it now, I mean, at no point before
I did the bet did I think about losing. I just felt positive and thought
about just going ahead and winning. But now I've actually won,
I can think about what would have happened if I'd lost. And to be
honest, I was crazy to do this bet. It was the maddest thing. I mean,
this is really about all I've got left, the tuxedo, which I'm not allowed to
keep.

So it was just a mad thing to do. And I'm thinking back now about what
would have happened if I lost. I'd have nothing to go back to, nothing
to wear. But I'd still have my friends, my family, and they'd always be
there for me. So they gave me the security to be able to do this.

But you know, never again. I mean, that's -- it was mad.

COOPER: But what was the initial idea? Did TV producers come
to you and say, 'Look, we'll do a documentary about you, we'll do
a reality show about you if you do this,' or was this something
you thought of?

REVELL: Yeah, it was my idea. I just thought about doing it, and
originally my friend was just going ... to film it just for posterity,
and suddenly there's a lot of cameras following me. I mean, the
basics haven't changed, and that's I sell everything and put it on
red or black.

COOPER: I hope you at least put some of it in the bank.

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There was alot of talk about Ashley Revell losing everything within a year but the gambler took his winnings to start his own poker site Poker UTD.