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Record-Setting $4.5 Million Bet Placed at C-Store on Bengals for Super Bowl

Furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale drove to a Louisiana c-store to place the largest mobile sports wager in U.S. history.

By Emily Boes | February 7, 2022

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Jim McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack,” made what’s believed to be the largest mobile sports wager in U.S. history at a convenience store in Louisiana, according to CNBC.

The furniture store mogul bet $4.53 million on the Cincinnati Bengals to win Super Bowl LVI.

To make the bet legally, McIngvale had to drive 100 miles from Houston to cross the border into Louisiana, which just launched mobile sports betting on Jan. 28. McIngvale drove to a convenience store just across the border to make the wager on Caesars Sportsbook app, CNBC noted.

“If you could see me there, pecking on my phone for two hours, you’d see it wasn’t too glamorous,” McIngvale said in an interview.

Mattress Mack is known for making outrageous sports bets to lessen the impact of his sports-themed sales promotions at his furniture store. The current promotion offers to refund any mattress or reclining living room furniture purchase if the Bengals win the Super Bowl.

If the Bengals conquer the Los Angeles Rams, the $7.7 million dollars McIngvale will win will allay the cost of the refunds, he said. If the Bengals lose, he admits he’s out $4.5 million and likely in the doghouse with his wife, but says he’s creating brand recognition and excitement for his customers.

He credits Caesars Sportsbook with accepting this sizable wager, and says other sportsbooks have turned him down or given him less-favorable odds.

“We’re not at all afraid to take in a $4.5 million bet on the Super Bowl, and we embrace accepting the biggest bets on the biggest events,” Caesars Sportsbook told CNBC.

The Super Bowl is the biggest single sports betting event in the United States. The largest known bet on the game was a $7.9 million wager at -900 odds in 2002.

CNBC added that Mack said he tried but failed to make a single $4.5 million bet. Instead, he entered multiple bets to make that wager. However, Caesars Sportsbook said its system can handle a wager of that magnitude on one bet slip.

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