Jan 02, 2019 can i bet on both red and black in roulette at the same time. I want to go to a casino for the first time. And im wondering if there is a rule against betting on either odd and even simultaneously or red and black. Be careful with this, I lost 13 spins in a row once (all black) increasing bets each time. Was not a fun time. Sep 18, 2013 The bet to end them all: red or black. It all started in the pub. I was drinking with my friends when one of them said 'wouldn't it be great if we went to Las Vegas and bet. The most popular bets on the roulette table are Red and Black, this is especially the case in online casinos. Our list of roulette strategies is quite long so what we’re going to do here is list all of the different systems that are aimed towards Red and Black betting. It’s important to remember that Red and Black have exactly the same odds as Odd/Even and 1-18/19-36 so all of these.
In possibly the most famous bet of recent years, a 32 year old Ashley Revell from Kent sold all of his worldly possessions to bet everything he owned on the roulette table in Vegas. The grand total of his possessions came to £76,840, which gave him around $135,300 in total to bet with on one spin of the roulette wheel.
Before making his bet, Ashley was questioned about whether he was completely happy to make the bet, to which he affirmed his decision.
As the ball was spun, Ashley pushed his chips onto red, and claims that the decision of which colour to choose was made right at that moment. As the ball bobbled around the wheel, it finally came to rest in the 7 Red slot, doubling his winnings to $270,600.
Ashley had literally sold every that he had owned to make the bet at Vegas, and even had to hire a tuxedo to wear to the Casino on the big day. The reason behind making such a gamble was that Ashley was prepared to start out afresh, and so the big gamble seemed to be the perfect opportunity to either get a financial boost, or to take the opportunity to start out from scratch with a new start in life.
The big gamble was documented on Sky One, with the big finale being shown with a slight delay to the public from the Casino in Las Vegas. It was not possible to show the live result of the bet, as it is prohibited by the Wire Act to use a wire communication facility to air such betting activity to another state or country.
It was surprisingly difficult to find a Casino in Vegas to take up such a large bet, as many Casino's simply refused to play host to such a big gamble. I'm assuming that many Casinos would not want to be tagged with the idea that you can lose everything you own by playing roulette, and so decided to play it safe and not host the bet.
In fact, the original Casino that Ashley was going to use for the gamble pulled out a few days before, which meant that a new Casino had to be found quickly in time for the airing of the bet on Sky One. Eventually, the high stakes bet was taken up by the Plaza Hotel and Casino.
After the win, Ashley was greeted with a bottle of champagne from his family, and tipped the croupier with a generous $600.
Many of the onlookers wanted to see Ashley gamble it all again, but he simply took his winnings and headed back to the UK.
After the big win, Ashley said:
With the winnings, Ashley set up his own online poker site pokerutd.com. However, the site doesn't seem to be doing too well, so it's not exactly known what he's been doing for a living since.
Although, Revell was quite the avid poker player, and so may well be trying to make a success of being a professional poker player. But in spite of this, we can be sure that we won't be seeing him making any big roulette bets any time soon:
“But you know, never again. I mean, that's -- it was mad.”