Ashley Revell (born 1972) is a British professional gambler, from Kent, 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 the Plaza Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada on 11 April 2004.[1] Revell even changed his name by deed poll to Ashley "Blue Square" Revell after the UK online bookmaker contributed to his gambling fund. He raised additional cash through car boot sales and auctions.[2]
A professional gambler,[2] Revell placed his bet on red; the ball ended up on 7 red, and Revell had doubled his money, to $270,600.[3] Everybody waited for new bets from him, but he gave $600 to a dealer as a tip, said "thank you!", and left the casino.[4] Revell used his winnings to set up his own online poker company called Poker UTD.[5]
The event was filmed by Sky One as a reality mini-series titled Double or Nothing.[1] He was also featured in an E! documentary special along with Stu Ungar called THS Investigates: Vegas Winners & Losers.
An episode of the TV series Las Vegas entitled "One Nation, Under Surveillance", first broadcast on March 14, 2005 had a character and event loosely based on Ashley Revell.
Simon Cowell said that Ashley's bet was the inspiration behind his new game show called Red or Black?.[6]