Derren Brown - The Events - How to Take Down a Casino

On 2 October，[13] Brown attempted to beat the odds at roulette by calculating the winning number based on the speed and trajectory of the ball and wheel. Using £5，000 of a member of the public's money， which he acquired by hypnotising them in the street， Brown aimed to win £175，000 for them. Filming with hidden cameras at a secret location in mainland Europe， Brown in fact made an incorrect prediction， betting on black 8 while the winning number was the adjacent red 30. The show ended on this anticlimax， with the accomplice informed that he would be repaid the £5，000. A stage hand was visible at the end of the show waiting with a large cheque worth £180，000， the amount the accomplice would have received if Brown's prediction had been accurate.

Brown said on his blog hours later that he was "still reeling from tonight's escapade"， and in a self-deprecating YouTube video the next week (delivered as an impersonation of Stewie Griffin)， Brown remarked that he had "fucked it up" and called it an "epic fail".