The rest area offers a convenient place to gamble because online sports betting has not been legalized in Texas, pushing ...

Mattress Mack, otherwise known as Jim McIngvale ... College Football Playoff, and the World Series. He's a fixture in the ...

Houston furniture store magnate Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale is known as much ... He was so confident in The University of Texas that he put $1.5 million on the line. The Longhorns were ...

Before sports gambling was legalized in Louisiana, Jim McIngvale usually flew to Las ... area in December to place a $2 million wager on Texas football winning the national championship.