This was part of a documentary made for SkyTV over here. I missed the live finale though, so didn’t know that he’d actually won. He was kinda covered by the fact that Sky had doubtless paid him a fair old sum to make the documentary, so he’d mitigated his risk, as any half-decent gambler should do.
You got to vote whether he should place it on red or black. I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t vote that he put his life’s worth on double zero, though. That would have been far more entertaining.
I saw that many of the Vegas casinos wouldn’t take his bet though. They don’t really like to give the impression that anyone ever loses.