“I’ll get up tomorrow and go back to work,” the Texan businessman told the media. James Franklin McIngvalenicknamed ‘Mattress Mack’, after having lost 9.5 million dollars (about 8.4 million euros) this Sunday for the defeat of the Cincinnati Bengals at the hands of the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI.
Owner of the Gallery Furniture retail chain, “Mattress Mack” once again grabbed the headlines with two bets, of 5 and 4.5 million dollars in favor of the Bengals, made through a mobile application of the firm Caesars Sportbook .
The Texan media picked up this Monday the news of the setback suffered by this ultra-conservative businessman, who claimed not to drink or use drugs as a mitigating factor for his passion for the game.
“Mattress Mack” and his wife watched the game in North Houston alongside 70 veterans affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, according to local outlet KPRC 2.
If he had been correct with the result of the American football league final, played at the SoFi stadium in Los Angeles, in which the Bengals came out ahead but lost in the last minutes, “Mattres Mack” would have won 16 million dollars.
In order to legally bet on the Bengals, the businessman had to travel from Texas to the neighboring state of Louisiana.
“Mattress Mack” accompanies its bets with promotions in its stores for the Super Bowl. In this case, if the Bengals had won the league tournament, customers in your store who had purchased a mattress or certain pieces of furniture would be reimbursed for their money.
McIngvale has a fortune of about $300 million and is a member of the conservative Tea Party movement.
