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Mattress Mack Wins $75 Million, Biggest Win in Sports Betting History
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:49 pm
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The Houston Astros have made “Mattress Mack” the biggest winner in sports gambling history.
Houston mattress and furniture magnate Jim McIngvale won $75 million when the Astros won the World Series on Saturday night, beating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games
The money doesn’t exactly go into McIngvale’s pockets, it goes to his customers. As he has done in previous seasons, he used betting markets to insure his “If the Astros win, you win” promotion.
Now that the Astros have won it all, anyone who spent $3,000 or more can come back and get a refund for their purchases while keeping the items they bought.
McIngvale, who threw out the first pitch before Saturday’s game, bet a total of $10 million.
Early in the season, he bet $3 million on the Astros to win the World Series at Caesars at 10/1 and also plunked down $1 million at WynnBet.
In July, he wagered $2 million at BetMGM at 5/1, $2 million at Barstool at 5.3/1 (+533) and $1 million each at Unibet and Betfred, also at 5/1.
Caesars takes the biggest hit from Mack’s win, paying out $30 million.
“What can we say? We just wrote the biggest check in sports betting history to Mattress Mack for $30,000,000. Would we do it all again? You bet,” Ken Fuchs, the COO of Caesars Digital, said.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:50 pm to SPEEDY
Good things happen to good people
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:57 pm to SPEEDY
This series turned on a dime when the Philly fans fricked with Mack. I knew once the old man got pissed it was over.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 10:59 pm to SPEEDY
Matress Mack is a fraud and a shitty person. But he's an Astros fan so it checks.
Posted on 11/5/22 at 11:30 pm to SPEEDY
Runhappy sucks as a stud
Claiborne farms could make better use of stall 1
Claiborne farms could make better use of stall 1
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:40 am to SPEEDY
And his business gets all the free publicity that comes with it. He aced Business 101.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 3:12 am to SPEEDY
And now he's close to hitting another jackpot.
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Sports fan Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale has put his money -- big money -- where his mouth is. His allegiance to Texas-based teams, particularly the Houston Astros, has both paid off and lost him millions of dollars in bets over the years.
The Houston-area furniture store owner won $75 million gambling correctly that the Astros would capture the 2022 World Series. Now he's due to collect potentially $43.4 million betting that the Astros repeat as champions, according to multiple reports.
McIngvale, 72, wagered $6.9 million on the Astros before the start of the postseason.
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