Mattress Mack envisions a repeat.
After the well-known sports activities gambler, whose actual identify is Jim McIngvale, received a whopping $75 million final 12 months with a number of bets on the Astros to win the World Sequence, he’s again for extra with Opening Day across the nook.
McIngvale, a Houston-area furnishings retailer magnate, recorded a video from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas asserting his new guess for this upcoming season.
McIngvale positioned a $1.9 million guess on the Astros to win the World Sequence once more, and at +600 odds, the payout would earn him $11.4 million (with a $13.3 million complete payout).
“They received final 12 months, and that is the golden age of Houston Astros baseball,” McIngvale mentioned within the video. “And they’re going to cement the dynasty by successful the world championship this 12 months.”
Earlier than final season, McIngvale positioned a $3 million guess on the Astros to win the World Sequence at +1000 odds, and continued to position extra bets on the crew all through the common season and postseason.
The $30 million payout for his preliminary $3 million guess final 12 months, which he obtained in a verify from Caesars, is the most important payout on a single wager within the historical past of authorized betting in America.
A lot of the $75 million he earned from the Astros final 12 months went again to his group, nevertheless.
Throughout final season, McIngvale provided a promotion to his prospects the place they’d get their a reimbursement on mattress units that price over $3,000 if the Astros received the World Sequence.
After Houston pulled off the feat, McIngvale has mentioned that he used nearly the whole lot of the $75 million to cowl the bills for the promotion.
“All I gotta say is, coach did an awesome job, Astros gonna win the World Sequence once more this 12 months,” McIngvale mentioned. “Go ‘Stros.”