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Blake Schuster

Mattress Mack tossed a combined $4.05 million on Houston to win March Madness and the payout is astronomical

It wouldn’t be a major sporting event without Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale dropping massive amounts of money on a bet and offering up just as ridiculous a sale at his regional furniture stores.

Sure enough, the retail magnate is back for March Madness and he’s actually been wagering on his national title favorite for a quite a while now. The Houstonian is backing the No. 1 seed Houston Cougars (no surprise there) and he won’t even have to travel should the program reach the championship game.

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