Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, the owner of a Houston furniture store known for making giant sports betting, has placed the biggest bet on Super Bowl LV to date – $ 3.46 million on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers underdog with + 3.5.
McIngvale flew to Colorado Springs on Wednesday, logged into the DraftKings mobile betting app from the airport, and placed one of the biggest bets ever on the Super Bowl. After paying a little extra on juice (-127) to get the Bucs at +3.5, McIngvale would win $ 2.72 million if Tampa Bay covers the spread.
“Tampa Bay is full of talent on both sides of the ball and is led by the greatest footballer of all time in Tom Brady, so I’m betting big on the Bucs who have been through tough games this post season,” McIngvale said in a release from DraftKings. .
McIngvale regularly uses the gambling market to reduce the risk of sales promotions at his store, Gallery Furniture. He had more than $ 11 million in play on the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals, including a $ 3.5 million futures bet on the Astros that he placed at DraftKings in Biloxi, Mississippi.
The Astros came up short, losing in seven games to the Nationals.
“Mack has been a great customer and is someone we have history with after taking his sizeable World Series bet a few seasons ago,” said Johnny Avello, DraftKings sportsbook director.
This year, Gallery Furniture customers who spend $ 3,000 or more on a new mattress will get their money back when the Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
The two biggest reported bets on the Super Bowl to date have both been on the Bucs. In addition to McIngvale’s $ 3.46 million bet, a gambler with BetMGM in Nevada placed a $ 2.3 million bet on Tampa Bay last week.
The largest reported Super Bowl bet ever, in terms of risk, is believed to be a $ 4.8 million money-line bet on the Rams to beat the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVL which became MGM in Las Vegas in 2002 posted. the Rams 20-17.
Despite the two billion bets on the Bucs in this year’s Super Bowl, most of the action went to the favorite Chiefs. As of Wednesday, at William Hill US Sportsbooks, 82% of the money put into the Super Bowl point spread was on Kansas City.