Ashley Revell (born 1972) is a London resident who briefly achieved fame for selling all his possessions (including all his clothes) and gambling US$135,300 on a single spin of a roulette wheel in Las Vegas, Nevada. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Roulette is a Casino and Gambling game named after the French word meaning "small wheel" Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally He even changed his name by deed poll to Ashley "Blue Square" Revell after the UK online bookmaker contributed to his gambling fund. A deed of change of name is a legal document in the United Kingdom, which enables a single person or a family to officially change one's name and is bound to that The Rank Group plc ( was established on 22 December, 1995 as a Public limited company in England and Wales and in October 1996 A bookmaker, bookie or turf accountant, is an organization or a person that takes bets and pays winnings depending upon results and depending on the nature
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 reality mini-series. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Ashley used his winnings to set up his own online poker company called POKER UTD.
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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. Las Vegas is an American Television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
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