Jim McIngvale, higher generally known as “Mattress Mack,” stated he drove 100 miles from Houston to cross the border into Louisiana on Thursday to make what’s believed to be the biggest cell sports activities wager in U.S. historical past.
The furnishings retailer mogul guess $4.53 million on the Cincinnati Bengals to win Tremendous Bowl LVI.
To make the guess legally, McIngvale needed to go away his residence state of Texas for Louisiana, which simply launched cell sports activities betting on Jan. 28. McIngvale drove to a comfort retailer simply throughout the border to make the wager on Caesars Sportsbook app.
“In the event you may see me there, pecking on my telephone for 2 hours, you’d see it wasn’t too glamorous,” he stated in an interview.
Mattress Mack is understood for making outrageous sports activities bets to minimize the impression of his sports-themed gross sales promotions at his furnishings retailer. The present promotion gives to refund any mattress or reclining lounge furnishings buy if the Bengals win the Tremendous Bowl.
Houston enterprise proprietor Jim Mattress Mack McIngvale poses for a portrait at his retailer Gallery Furnishings in Houston, Texas on February 17, 2021.
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If the Bengals conquer the Los Angeles Rams, the $7.7 million {dollars} McIngvale will win will allay the price of the refunds, he stated. If the Bengals lose, he admits he is out $4.5 million and certain within the doghouse together with his spouse, however says he is creating model recognition and pleasure for his clients.
He credit Caesars Sportsbook with accepting this sizable wager, and says different sportsbooks have turned him down or given him less-favorable odds.
Caesars Sportsbook informed CNBC, “We’re under no circumstances afraid to absorb a $4.5 million guess on the Tremendous Bowl, and we embrace accepting the most important bets on the most important occasions.”
The Tremendous Bowl is the most important single sports activities betting occasion within the U.S. The most important identified guess on the sport was a $7.9 million wager at -900 odds in 2002.
Mack stated he tried however did not make a single $4.5 million guess. As an alternative, he entered a number of bets to make that wager. Nonetheless, Caesars Sportsbook stated its system can deal with a wager of that magnitude on one guess slip.
