MSNBC: The wheel was spun, a crowd of supporters including his Mum and Dad from London went wild, the ball bobbled over the slots and landed on Red ‘7’ and Revell walked away with $270,600. “It all happened so quickly, it was spinning before I knew it,” Revell said, adding he did not intend to try to double it again. He gave a $600 tip to the croupier and plans to party, and buy some clothes.

Strangely enough, this took place down at the Plaza, in downtown Vegas. While some hotels down there are known to cover any bet (Binion’s Horseshoe being the most notable) the Plaza offers One-Cent slot machines and used to tote shag carpeting off the lobby… well, they did in as recently as 97. At least this daft bastard had the good sense to tip the croupier.