Who Is Mattress Mack?

Mattress Mack Betting On 2022 March Madness

The sports gambling legend Mattress Mack struck again betting on March Madness. Mack went into the tournament feeling very strongly about the East Region and placed a $1 million dollar bet on any from that quadrant to win the tournament that would pay out $2.16 million. The East Region featured the Baylor Bears (1 seed) and Texas Longhorns (6 seed), who are both located in Mack’s state of Texas, which he tied into his promotion. The promotion offered by the owner and CEO of Gallery Furniture for this bet was that if his bet hit, any customer who spent at least $3,000 at his store would get their money back. The promotion was only valid if either of the teams from Texas in the East Region won the title. The University of North Carolina knocked off Baylor en route to a surprise appearance in the National Championship game as an eighth seed.

Once Baylor and Texas were knocked out of the tournament, Mack decided to test his luck again, but this time before the Final Four stage. Mattress Mack bet $3.3 million dollars on the Kansas Jayhawks to win the National Championship game at +190 odds to win $6.27 million!

The Mattress Mack Betting Curse

While Mattress Mack remains in the green on his betting endeavors, he has been on quite the cold streak following Super Bowl 55 back in 2021. Since then, he has gone a shaky 2-5 on all his bets, however, being that he knows when to bet big, he has profited $73.5 million in that span. Those bets include:

• $1 Million on Houston to win 2021 March Madness (Loss)
• $4 Million on Essential Quality to win 2021 Kentucky Derby (Loss)
• $6.2 Million on Alabama to win 2022 National Championship (Loss)
• $700k on Tennessee Titans to win Super Bowl LVI (Loss)
• $2 Million on New England Patriots to win Super Bowl LVI (Loss)
• Won $15 Million on Kansas Jayhawks to win 2022 March Madness
• Won $75 Million on Houston Astros to win 2022 World Series

Mattress Mack Bets $9.5M On Bengals In SB 56

Caesars Sportsbook took a series of wagers totaling $4,534,000 from Mattress Mack on the Cincinnati Bengals in early February that will payout more than $7.7 million if the underdog won. This is not the first time that Mack has placed a wager in the millions. However, Mack continued his Super Bowl 56 betting craze and laid another $5 million on the Bengals just before SB LVI kicked off. Though the $16.2 million wasn’t won, Mack’s SB 56 bets are in the record books for the largest online sports bet placed.

Mattress Mack Betting Against The Kansas City Chiefs

One of the most historic games in the NFL and of course Mattress Mack dropped a big bag on it. The Kansas City Cheifs and the Houston Texans had a game to play that determined who will go to the AFC championship and Mack just knew that the Chiefs would lose and placed a huge bet on the Houston Texans. Texans had Mack feeling pretty good after jumping out to a 24-0 lead. Even with the 24-0 lead, the Cheifs found a way to continue to score and come back and win the game. Even after this game, Mack still didn’t believe in the Chiefs and bet against them again on the following weekend when playing against the Tennessee Titans. The Chiefs end up winning that game and Mack lost another big bet as well.

Super Bowl LV

On three major stages, the Chiefs got the best of McIngvale, whose marketing genius has gotten him in continual spotlight. In 2021, nothing changed, as Mattress Mack dropped $3.4 million on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cover the spread (+3.5) against the KC Chiefs in Super Bowl LV. This monster bet from McIngvale was placed at DraftKings Sportsbook as he was on his phone in Colorado Springs. Mattress Mack is one of the largest legal Super Bowl betting players and despite his losses, he still finds ways to come out on top.

Super Bowl LIV

Despite being burned betting against the Chiefs twice already, McIngvale once again bet $1 million against them. He tied this Super Bowl bet into another promotion for his stores similar to what he did with the Astros, offering money-back guarantees to customers who purchased at least $3,000 worth of furniture if the 49ers won the game. Instead, the Chiefs once again rallied to win 31-20. Despite going 0-for-3 on his NFL postseason bets, McIngvale has given no indication that he plans to stop betting any time soon.

Mattress Mack Astros World Series Promotion

When the Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees in six games to advance to the 2019 World Series, Mattress Mack saw an opportunity for a lucrative promotional deal. If the Astros won the World Series, he announced, all customers who purchased at least $3,000 worth of furniture from his Gallery furniture stores would receive a full refund.

McIngvale made the creative decision to use sports wagering as a form of insurance on his promotion. This famous sports bettor made a series of bets on the Astros in three different states, totaling $13 million. If these bets won, the estimated $12 million in additional winnings from his bets would cover his projected losses from the promotion.

This type of promotional insurance has become an annual tradition for McIngvale, and some experts have intoned that it may become common practice for business owners as an alternative to traditional insurance. McIngvale had a similar promotion during the 2017 World Series, which the Astros won. He attributed $15 million in sales directly to the promotional offer and buoyed the high-profile bet into an official partnership with the team.

Mattress Mack Strikes Again At 2020 World Series

Mattress Mack continued his massive betting streak in another major sporting event in the 2020 World Series when the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros. Unfortunately for Mack, he took the Astros to win the World Series on a $3 million bet at 10 to 1 odds and again with a $1 million bet while they sat at 12 to 1 odds.