Around two weeks ago an old man from America won a record amount of 75 million US Dollar in sports betting. Fort the venturesome betting customers, he is not simply any old man, but Jim McIngvale, better known as “mattress Mack”. Which tip did the 71-year-old use to make the impressive win?

 The millionaire entrepreneur admitted to having sweat a little during the past games of his favourite club Houston Astros. This because since a few months, actually since Spring, McIngvale had started to place sports bets on his favourite team and he was betting that the Houston Astros will win the title. He placed his bets at different betting providers. At that point in time, it was already very clear that the Astros stood a good chance of winning the title. However, he was taking a high risk by placing bets of several million US-Dollar.

“Mattress Mack” wins 75 million US-Dollar through the Astros title

Jim McIngvale is better known by his nickname “Mattress Mack”. He got this nickname since he owns an American furniture store, Gallery Furniture. However, besides being an entrepreneur, “Mattress Mack” has another passion.

“Mattress Mack”, whose name is actually Jim McIngvale, was born on the 11th of February 1951 in Mississippi. When he was at university, he had already discovered his passion for football. Nowadays, he owns the furniture store, Gallery Furniture and is also a passionate sports bettor.

Last Spring, he started placing different bets on the Astros title. Astros is his favourite team in the Major League Baseball. Last May, the 71- year-old placed a single bet of 3 million Dollars at Caesars. In all he placed bets which amounted to ten million US-Dollar. With every bet he made he was counting on his favourite team winning the title.

Since his prediction was right, “Mattress Mack” won an impressive 75 million US-Dollar. In the final game the Astros won the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies in a so-called Best-of-Seven-Series with 4:1. A few days ago, we had reported on GambleJoe that a US player had cracked the Powerball Jackpot and won two billion US-Dollar.

Besides this, “Mattress Mack” had also organised an auction for the customers of his furniture store. Those who bought a minimum of 3000 US-Dollar in mattresses within a fixed timeframe, would get a refund of the amount of money they had spent, if he himself would win the bet, i.e., if Houston Astros, would win the title.

Highest sports bet ever

Different media have reported that the win made by “Mattress Mack” which amounts to millions is the highest sports betting win ever. Actually, till now there has not been an officially registered sports betting win which is higher. In Spring of this year, we had reported about a study which states that the sports betting market in Germany should grow exponentially.

Conclusion

A few days ago, the billionaire Jim McIngvale won 75 million US-Dollar when he placed bets on the Houston Astros winning the title. He had previously placed around 10 million US-Dollar in bets. However, the 71-year-old was really happy, and this can be seen from different videos on the social networks.

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