Mattress Mack Bets $2M on +2300 New England Patriots to Win the Tremendous Bowl

“Mattress Mack” has made some large bets over the previous few years. However the Houston businessman and famous sports activities bettor made an enormous one only a few days in the past. If it hits, he’ll stroll away netting $46 million.

Houston businessman Jim McIngvale, higher identified to sports activities bettors as “Mattress Mack,” is interviewed at one in all his Gallery Furnishings shops within the Texas metropolis. Mack this previous week positioned $2 million in bets on the New England Patriots to win the Tremendous Bowl in February. At +2300 odds, Mattress Mack would web $46 million if the Pats win. (Picture: ABC Information)

Mack, whose title is Jim McIngvale, positioned two wagers totaling $2 million on the New England Patriots to win the Tremendous Bowl, based on theScore. He made the wagers on Thursday, the identical day the Patriots beat Atlanta to win their fifth-straight sport.

The bets have been positioned with theScore Guess, which took a $750,000 wager, and Barstool Sportsbook, the place Mack positioned a $1.25 million guess. Each sportsbooks had the Patriots at +2300. If Invoice Belichick can information the crew to its seventh Tremendous Bowl championship, then the Houston mattress retailer proprietor will get an eight-figure return, plus the $2 million he guess.

Each sportsbooks are owned by Penn Nationwide Gaming. After saying in August the acquisition of Rating Media, a Canadian-based sports activities media firm that entered the US sports activities betting market in 2019, the 2 sides closed the $2 billion deal on Oct. 21.

Mattress Mack Has Made Some Astronomical Bets

Mattress Mack turned a sports activities betting celeb as he started making high-dollar wagers on the Houston Astros to win the World Sequence. The bets permit the Gallery Furnishings proprietor to cowl promotions he runs providing prospects who bought sure mattresses valued at $3,000 or extra to get them at no cost if the hometown baseball crew received the World Sequence.

He ran the promotion once more this yr because the Astros made it again to the World Sequence. He guess $2 million on them in June, after they had odds of +1000. He additionally made a $100,000 guess with theScore Guess in Colorado, which had +1600 odds on Houston on the time.

Houston made the World Sequence final month, however wound up dropping to Atlanta, which beat the Astros in six video games.

The guess on the Patriots is just not the primary time Mack has gone for a crew outdoors of Houston. In February, he positioned an almost $3.5 million guess on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cowl the three.5-point unfold in Tremendous Bowl LV. When Tom Brady and the Bucs received outright, so did Mack, to the tune of greater than $2.7 million.

Mack can also be concerned in horse racing, having been the proprietor of stakes winner Runhappy. In Might, Mack went to Churchill Downs and guess $2.4 million on favourite Important High quality on the Kentucky Derby. Once more, the guess was tied to cowl a Gallery promotion.

Whereas the horse ran a powerful race, Important High quality by no means might get contained in the pack and completed fourth.

Patriots Rebounding Underneath Rookie QB

New England was one of the best franchise within the NFL for almost twenty years with Brady at quarterback and Belichick on the sidelines. However the Patriots took a step again final season after letting Brady signal with Tampa Bay. Whereas Brady received one other Tremendous Bowl, the Pats missed the playoffs for under the fourth time since 2000, when Belichick took over.

Many weren’t anticipating a lot from the Patriots this yr. That’s particularly since they have been going with rookie Mac Jones at quarterback. AFC East division rival Buffalo additionally was coming off a season the place the Payments reached the convention closing.

However by way of Sunday’s video games, the 7-4 Patriots now maintain the league’s present longest successful streak and a one-game lead over the Payments within the AFC East. Jones has performed nicely at instances through the streak, together with a 19-for-23 passing efficiency for 198 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-7 win over Cleveland.

Whereas they’re on a roll, the following 4 weeks will probably decide their postseason probabilities.

Subsequent Sunday, the Patriots host the 8-3 Tennessee Titans, who nonetheless personal the AFC’s greatest file regardless of dropping to the Houston Texans on Sunday. After that, they play the Payments twice in a three-week stretch, and journey to playoff contender Indianapolis in between.