Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale bet $1 million to win $11 million at Caesars Sportsbook at 11-1 odds last week.
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In a much-anticipated matchup of superteams, the Aces opened as favorites over the New York Liberty to win the WNBA Finals.
Mattress Mack won a record $72.6 million in bets on the Astros to win the 2022 World Series. But the Houston furniture store owner has also suffered some losses.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale wagered $2 million to win $12 million at DraftKings sportsbook on the Astros to repeat as World Series champions.
A Caesars Sportsbook bettor turned $80 into $106,530 on Sunday after hitting a nine-leg MLB parlay. The bettor had to sweat out two plays on the -1½ run line.
Before Michael “Roxy” Roxborough became America’s preeminent oddsmaker in the 1980s and 1990s, he was a sharp bettor who beat up Nevada sportsbooks on baseball totals.
Same-game parlays, which have become wildly popular in the U.S. in recent years, became available in Nevada in June with the launch of the new Caesars app.
Bettors who have faded (wagered against) the A’s this season are up big. Oakland is on pace to finish with the worst 162-game record in baseball history.
U.S. Integrity, an independent sports wagering monitor based in Henderson, works with 150 clients in 36 states to detect and report suspicious betting activity.
The Athletics are baseball’s biggest losers at the betting windows. If a bettor wagered $100 on Oakland in every game this season, they would be down $1,072.