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Gambler bets his shirt on a single spin

Las Vegas: A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a spin of the roulette wheel.

If he wins, he doubles his money. If he loses, he will be left with only a TV crew documenting his every move.

Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, said he was worth about $US140,000 ($182,000) after selling everything.

"I thought I was worth at least $US180,000," he said. He is spending a week gambling about $US3000 in an effort to raise his pot. By Wednesday he was down $US1000.

Mr Revell said he had planned to have a friend videotape his bet-it-all spin, but Britain's Sky One television decided it was worth a short reality series, called Double or Nothing.

Sky will not pay him, he says, but a crew has followed him and will cover the spin live on Sunday at the Hard Rock casino. It also plans to follow him for a month, afterwards, win or lose.

Mr Revell said he decided to take a big plunge while he was still young and raised the stakes as high as possible, including selling his clothes. "I like to do things properly," he said.

Posted by thinkum at April 9, 2004 10:33 PM