A Houston, Texas, furniture store owner has made history for winning the largest sports betting payout ever after the Houston Astros won the World Series on Saturday.
posted to Twitter, McIngvale expressed his gratitude to the city of Houston, the Astros and his wife Linda. McIngvale said he would use the $75 million to cover the costs of a new promotion at his Houston-area Gallery Furniture stores in which he said anyone who spends $3,000 or more on mattresses would get their entire purchase for free.
Jim"Mattress Mack" McIngvale, of Houston, holds some of the tickets in Atlantic City N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, showing bets he has made on the Houston Astros to win the baseball World Series. McIngvale told ESPN last week that he had he put $10 million on the Astros to win the World Series, splitting the bet across different platforms, including $1 million with WynnBET and $3 million with Caesars Sportsbook.
McIngvale has become famous for his multimillion dollar sports bets across football, college basketball, baseball and horse racing. He won an estimated $15 million when the University of Kansas won the NCAA men's basketball tournament in April, CBS Sports
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