Unbelievable win worth GBP1million on single rotation of roulette wheel by Ashley

2025-05-13

Incredible win worth £1.3million by the 45 year old Mike Ashley, the billionaire possessor of Newcastle United who is a regular high-roller player at deluxe 50 London Casino in St James Street, Mayfair has left everyone else dumbstruck. He placed a bet on a total amount of £480,000 on his auspicious number black 17 which is also a favorite of James Bond. He laid wagers on all the possible combinations of 17, for example stopping of the wheel on black, odd & a number amid 1 and 18 and in a complicated bet called as complete. Gathering up of chips prior to rotation forced other customers to congregate around the table. 

Mr. Ashley who has got legally separated from his wife looked at the rotating roulette wheel blankly and with the landing of the ball on number 17, the hopeful mob of people gave him a big round of applause while he was enjoying live roulette. However, Mr. Ashley gazed at the live roulette dealer peacefully and informed him that it is sufficient for him and left the place with his winning amount which he earned in only 15 minutes time span at the table after playing roulette. 
  
As per statement given by one of the spectators, Mike is a customary player at the casino; came there with his male friends and laid wagers on all the possible combinations of number 17 which is termed as a complete bet. After winning the rounds by following the roulette strategies he got ovation from other customers as all people usually love a winner. Shortly, Mr. Mike left the casino enviously protecting his seclusion. 

It is noteworthy that London Casino was established in 1827 and requires a membership fee worth £650 per year. The most common bet at this casino is considered to be number 17 in live roulette. The reason is that it is located accurately at the centre of the roulette table. This number offers an odd in the ratio of 35 to 1 on which Mr. Ashley laid the highest wager on the house for £2,000 and bagged £70,000. The remaining part of his winnings is owed to the complicated complete bet. Commonly, such type of bet is not recommended by the gambler as it is just equivalent to putting all your eggs in one basket alone. 
      
According to one of the reliable sources from London casino, Mr. Mike surely knows how to play roulette, follow the roulette strategy and he makes all efforts while playing roulette variants. His winnings followed the series in which he laid a wager on house maximum for £2,000 on the number 17 alone and got a roulette payout worth £70,000 with the odds in the ratio 35 to 1. Following this, he laid a wager worth £4,000 on all the four splits so that the number should either be 17 or the very close number i.e. 14, 16, 18 or 20 with odds of 17 to 1 which gave him a roulette payout worth £272,000 with a betting amount of £16,000.  Then he laid wager worth £8,000 on all the four corner bets, i.e. assembly of four number including number 17. So it become a total bet worth £32,000 with odds to 1 and bagged £256,000.

He also placed a street bet for £6,000 with odds 11 to 1 which demands that the number hit by the ball would be 16, 17 or 18 and bagged £66,000. Similarly two bets worth £12,000 which demands that the ball will hit a number amid 13 and 18 or 16 and 21 with odds 5 to 1 gave him £120,000. A bet worth £100,000 on each of the even-money bets- black, odd and between 1 and 18 i.e. a total bet of £300,000 yielded £300,000 to him. Finally, bet worth £50,000 on each of the two 2-1 bets- the middle column on the table and the middle dozen numbers 13 to 24 i.e. total bet worth £100,000 gave him £200,000.

This way Mr. Mike laid total wagers worth £480,000 and bagged £1,284,000 or nearly £1.3 million. It is noteworthy that the huge wins by the guy have been possible as he adhered to the roulette rules and followed the roulette strategy in a viable manner.