Mattress Mack Wagers Over $3M on Buccaneers to Cover in Super Bowl 55

• Houston furniture store salesman Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale wagers $3.46 million on Bucs +3.5 in Super Bowl 55
• McIngvale’s furniture stores are offering a promotion that gives full refunds to certain customers if the Bucs upset the Chiefs
• McIngvale has made a number of high-dollar sports bets over the past few years

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is at it again. The Houston furniture store salesman that has become renowned over the past few years for making bold sports bets has decided to put his money where his mouth is again ahead of Super Bowl 55. This time, he’s wagering over $3 million on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cover the 3.5-point spread on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs.

McIngvale took a flight from Houston to Colorado Springs on Sunday in order to legally place the bet via the DraftKings mobile sportsbook app. “Mattress Mack” risked a total of $3.46 million on the Bucs to cover the spread at -127 odds. That means he’ll earn a total of $2.72 million in profit if the Bucs cover.

In a press release, McIngvale said,

“Tampa Bay is loaded with talent on both sides of the ball and led by the greatest football player of all-time in Tom Brady, so I’m betting big on the Bucs who have overcome tough matchups throughout the postseason.”

Mattress Mack’s Sports Betting History

McIngvale has made a number of high-profile, high-dollar sports bets over the past few years as a way of trying to mitigate the potential risk involved in promotions offered at his furniture stores. He infamously wagered around $11 million on the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals, which included one bet worth $3.5 million on the Astros to win the title that year. The Nationals ultimately won the series in seven games.

The promotion at Gallery Furniture ahead of Super Bowl 55 says that customers that spend at least $3,000 on a new mattress will get a full refund if the Bucs beat the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Clearly, Mack’s massive bet on Tampa Bay is a way to try and offset his potential losses if the Buccaneers do wind up pulling off the upset.

McInvgale infamously offered the same promotion back in 2017 when his beloved Astros upset the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Series. Mack had to issue over $10 million worth of refunds to his customers when the Astros won the series in seven games, but he also won more than $1 million in Nevada after placing a few side bets on Houston to win, as well. In 2016, Mack had to issue another $10 million worth of refunds after offering a similar promotion tied to that year’s presidential election.

That means the two biggest bets in the country have both come in on Tampa Bay. Another anonymous BetMGM bettor wagered $2.3 million on the Bucs to win last week in Nevada.

Most Money Still Coming In On KC

The biggest legal Super Bowl bet in history was a $4.8 million wager on the St. Louis Rams’ moneyline when they faced Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 34. The Patriots would go on to win the game that year by the score of 20-17 in an upset.

While the Buccaneers have attracted a couple of huge individual bets, most of the money has still come in on Kansas City. According to William Hill US, 82 percent of the money that has been wagered on the game at their sportsbooks has been bet on Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs to win.

Several sportsbooks offer alternative lines that users can wager with different odds. For example, the Chiefs are three-point favorites at most NFL betting sites. You can get -106 odds on the Bucs to cover the three-point spread, while a 3.5-point spread gives Tampa Bay the aforementioned -127 odds wagered by McIngvale.