- The owner of Gallery Furniture placed the biggest Super Bowl bet of 2021, winning over $US6 million.
- The Texas businessman flew out to Colorado Springs to place the wager through DraftKings.
- Jim McIngvale plans to use the money to offset costs for a free mattress promotional.
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A Texas businessman, known by customers as 'Mattress Mack,' placed the biggest bet on the Super Bowl this year, according to the sports-betting news site ActionNetwork â€' and he won millions.
The mattress retailer, Jim McIngvale, flew out to Colorado Springs last week to place a $US3.46 million bet on his smartphone through DraftKings. The bet set McIngvale up for a total payout of about $US6.18 million, according to DraftKings.
He bet every customers who bought $6,000 in furniture or more within the two weeks before the Super Bowl and had it delivered by 5pm on game day that if the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver.
While online sports betting is not allowed in Texas, McIngvale contacted DraftKings to set up the bet and was flown to Colorado soon after.
- He bet every customers who bought $6,000 in furniture or more within the two weeks before the Super Bowl and had it delivered by 5pm on game day that if the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver.
- In 2019, McIngvale bet a $3.5 million future on the Astros to win the World Series, which they lost to the Washington Nationals in seven games, as a hedge. If the Buccaneers win, customers who.
'It happened very fast,' McIngvale told Insider. 'Very few places have the capacity to take a bet that big.'
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McIngvale bet on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With a +3.5 spread, the wager was that the team would either win or not lose by any more than three points.
Buccaneer quarterback Tom Brady then led the team to a 31-9 victory, taking home his seventh Super Bowl ring, despite being ranked as the underdog going into the game.
'It was a big win for me and my business,' McIngvale told Insider. 'It will allow us to give back to our customers.'
The furniture retailer based out of Houston made the bet to help put together a promotion for his chain, Gallery Furniture. The bet offers customers the opportunity to win a free mattress if Brady's team won.
The Buccaneers were the underdogs going into the game, with DraftKings rating them as a three point underdog, but McIngvale is no stranger to sports betting. In 2019 he wagered $US13 million that the Astros would beat the Nationals in the World Series in an effort to provide a similar promotional to his customers.
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'Tampa Bay is loaded with talent on both sides of the ball and led by the greatest football player of all time in Tom Brady, so I'm betting big on the Bucs who have overcome tough matchups throughout the postseason,' McIngvale said in a statement to DraftKings about the bet prior to the game.
McIngvale's bet is nearly one of the biggest Super Bowl bets of all time, according to Action Network. In 2010, Billy Walters bet $US3.5 million on the game.
The multi-million dollar bet by 'Mattress Mack' went viral after the Buccaneer's Super Bowl win Sunday night, as people congratulated the 69-year-old business owner.
MATTRESS MACK DID IT 🔥
Bet $3.46 MILLION on Bucs +3.5 and cashed it. Legend. pic.twitter.com/bCVnS5QZUJ
— br_betting (@br_betting) February 8, 2021
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McIngvale bet on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With a +3.5 spread, the wager was that the team would either win or not lose by any more than three points.
Buccaneer quarterback Tom Brady then led the team to a 31-9 victory, taking home his seventh Super Bowl ring, despite being ranked as the underdog going into the game.
'It was a big win for me and my business,' McIngvale told Insider. 'It will allow us to give back to our customers.'
The furniture retailer based out of Houston made the bet to help put together a promotion for his chain, Gallery Furniture. The bet offers customers the opportunity to win a free mattress if Brady's team won.
The Buccaneers were the underdogs going into the game, with DraftKings rating them as a three point underdog, but McIngvale is no stranger to sports betting. In 2019 he wagered $US13 million that the Astros would beat the Nationals in the World Series in an effort to provide a similar promotional to his customers.
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'Tampa Bay is loaded with talent on both sides of the ball and led by the greatest football player of all time in Tom Brady, so I'm betting big on the Bucs who have overcome tough matchups throughout the postseason,' McIngvale said in a statement to DraftKings about the bet prior to the game.
McIngvale's bet is nearly one of the biggest Super Bowl bets of all time, according to Action Network. In 2010, Billy Walters bet $US3.5 million on the game.
The multi-million dollar bet by 'Mattress Mack' went viral after the Buccaneer's Super Bowl win Sunday night, as people congratulated the 69-year-old business owner.
MATTRESS MACK DID IT 🔥
Bet $3.46 MILLION on Bucs +3.5 and cashed it. Legend. pic.twitter.com/bCVnS5QZUJ
— br_betting (@br_betting) February 8, 2021
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DraftKings is one of the top betting platforms, especially as the pandemic has made online betting more popular and state's have continued to lift restrictions on online betting platforms.
The American Gambling Association expected $US4.3 billion to be wagered on the game this year with a record 7.6 million people betting online â€' a 63% increase from 2020.
HOUSTON – Gallery Furniture's Jim 'Mattress Mack' McIngvale is back to placing big bets for both himself and his customers this year, betting $3.46 million on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cover +3.5 against the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2021 Super Bowl. In addition, if the Buccaneers win on Sunday, Gallery Furniture customers that spend $3,000 or more on a new mattress will get their money back.
'Tampa Bay is loaded with talent on both sides of the ball and led by the greatest football player of all time in Tom Brady, so I'm betting big on the Bucs, who have overcome tough matchups throughout this postseason,' explained McIngvale in a story from DraftKings about the bet. 'The NFL has only seen eight instances of back-to-back champions and none in the past 16 years, so I like my chances going into Super Bowl LV for this trend to continue.'
McIngvale's is the biggest bet placed on the Super Bowl this year, according to Action Network, a sports media and betting news site. If Tampa Bay covers, McIngale would win $6,150,440.
To qualify for Gallery Furniture's 'big game promotion,' all customers have to do is spend $3,000 or more on a new Tempur-pedic, Sealy, or Stearns & Foster mattress, box spring and/or adjustable base from Gallery Furniture within a predetermined time period. If the Buccaners win, the purchase will be refunded in full.
McIngvale is not new to placing large bets for both himself and his customers, having done so for the Super Bowl and several other sports playoffs. Last year, though the retail chain did not offer any Super Bowl promotions, McIngvale lost $1 million per playoff game the Chiefs won on their way to the Super Bowl when. Another promotion then called for the 49ers to win.
