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For: Luis Diaz Updated 09 Feb 2022, 04: 50 pm EST
A few days before Super Bowl LVI kicks off, experts and fans assure that it will be a close game between the Bengals and the Rams and they consider that the most important game in the NFL will be reserved forecast.
This trend has mattered little to Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, a furniture entrepreneur from Texas, since he realized the largest bet in the history of a mobile application . The Texan is clear that the Bengals will win and put $4.5 million at stake.
It is not the first time that this businessman has taken risks in the betting world, since last year, he won $2.28 million for betting online on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl. This year McIngvale has his hopes pinned on the Bengals and their QB, Joe Burrow
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The Caesars Sportsbook betting application announced through its Twitter account that “Mattress Mack”, if correct, can get $7,707,800 dollars.
— Caesars Sportsbook (@CaesarsSports ) February 4, 2022
Ken Fuchs, head of sports at Caesars Entertainment Inc, informed the FOX network that this fact should not be lost sight of in the world of sports betting, mainly because represents a record for mobile applications, which is why it is the most in history in this segment.
“At Caesars Sportsbook, we love placing epic bets on massive events like the Su per Bowl,” Fuchs said.
For his part, McIngvale told the television station that the reason he made the bet through the Caesars Sportsbook application has to do with the fact that it is the only application with the structure large enough to accept that type of bets.
According to the McIngvale, to make the bet legally, he drove from Texas to Louisiana, since it was officially launched legal mobile sports betting a few days ago on 28 from January.
“They were very accommodating and made it easy for me,” he explained. “The rest (of the bookmakers) wanted you to bet smaller amounts and every time you bet, they reduce the odds. So Caesars is a playground for grown-ups“.
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