March Madness betting takes center stage
The American Gaming Association (AGA) estimated that bettors risked more than $15.5 billion while betting on March Madness in...
Houston businessman Jim McIngvale, known better as “Mattress Mack,” made history Friday when he wagered $5 million on the underdog Cincinnati Bengals to win Sunday’s Super Bowl. The furniture store owner’s bet with Caesars Sportsbook is the largest ever placed with a legal US operator. If he wins the bet, which he made live on […]
Mattress Mack has made some big bets before. But his biggest to date came Thursday night on the upcoming Super Bowl. Gallery Furniture owner Jim McIngvale, the Houston businessman better known by his Mattress Mack nickname, placed a $4.5 million bet with Caesars Sportsbook on the Cincinnati Bengals to win the Feb. 13 NFL championship. […]
Any hopes Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale had of starting 2022 with a bang evaporated last week after another multi-million dollar fail made it $11.4m in losing bets in just ten weeks.
FanDuel Sportsbook was just two seconds away from losing $10m on Sunday night in the NFL regular-season finale between the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers.