![]() At the last minute he opted for red on the roulette table and after a few seconds of excruciating tension as it spun and the ball flicked and jumped about around the wheel it settled into the red 7 pocket and he had suddenly picked up the huge prize of £153,680. His intention was to head to Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world and place a single bet. He had sold off his home, his car and all his other personal belongings to accumulate £76,840. Back in April of 2004 the 32 year old from Kent travelled to Las Vegas with little more than the shirt on his back. ![]() then professional gambler Ashley Revell risked it all for a single spin of the roulette wheel. They were arrested, but later released and allowed to keep their winnings as the law at the time only covered people who physically interfered with the wheel and/or ball. His played a single 17 roulette bet.Īnd let’s not forget the Eastern European gang who won £1.3m at the Ritz Casino in London using lasers and mobile phones with a technique called Roulette Clocking. Mike Ashley’s roulette win (£1.2 million) has to be up there also, we guess. He won 1 million French Francs which we reckon is worth an incredible US$ 13 million in today’s money. ![]() We think the biggest roulette win (in today’s money at least, taking into account inflation) was scooped by Charles Wells (“ The Man Who Broke the Bank in Monte Carlo“) in 1891.
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