In early December, McIngvale bet $1.5 million on Texas to win the CFP national championship and another $500,000 on Texas to ...

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

Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale will undergo open-heart surgery next week, according to a video he posted on social media Wednesday afternoon. The 73-year-old owner of Gallery Furniture said in the ...

Texans looking to place wagers on sporting events make trips to Louisiana to make in person bets at a rest stop located just across the Teas border.

Houston furniture magnate and high stakes gambler Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale has taken his lumps over the years in sports betting. He is widely known to bet enormous sums of money on his favorite ...

Houston furniture store magnate Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale is known as much for his unique furniture promotions as he is for his massive wagers on his favorite Texas sports teams. But after ...

Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale just didn’t want to publicize his wagers until after the Longhorns lost to Ohio State 28-14 on Friday in the College Football ...

Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is taking Patrick Mahomes’ advice after he learned betting against the Chiefs is a losing proposition.

Before sports gambling was legalized in Louisiana, Jim McIngvale usually flew to Las Vegas or New Jersey to place his bets. McIngvale, a Houston furniture salesman better known as “Mattress Mack ...