Mattress Mack bets $3.35 million on Astros for latest promotion

On Tuesday, McIngvale placed a $2 million wager on the Astros at 10-1 with Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill in Indiana.

Now he will begin to mitigate his $3.35 million risk with a promotional giveaway at his store, Gallery Furniture.

“The Astros have six good pitchers and a lot of great hitters, so we’ll see what happens,” McIngvale told ESPN on Wednesday.

He lost $1 million earlier this year on a bet on the Houston Cougars to win the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but he won $2.7 million on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl in February.

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