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Mattress Mack looks miserable watching $75 million Astros World Series bet slip away

By
Jeremy Layton
Published Nov. 2, 2022
Updated Oct. 24, 2023, 12:43 p.m. ET

What’s worse than watching your bet lose? Watching your bet lose in person – in a stadium full of fans screaming for the opposing team.

That’s what Jim “Mattress Mack” Mcingvale had to suffer through in Game 3 of the World Series between the Astros and Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mcingvale, a furniture store owner and notorious sports gambler, has placed $10 million worth of bets on the Astros to win the Fall Classic – which would pay him out around $75 million total.

Unfortunately for him, the Phillies took it to the Astros in Game 3, winning 7-0 in a game where Philadelphia hit five home runs and put the contest out of reach early. Mcingvale was in attendance at the game, looking miserable after an early home run and surrounded by Phillies fans screaming their lungs out.

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We’ve all been there, pal. (Well, maybe we haven’t all had $75 million on the line).

With the Phillies taking a 2-1 lead in the series, Houston is now +120 to win the series, per Caesars Sportsbook – an implied 45.4 percent chance of winning it all. Before the game, they were -165 – around a 62 percent chance.

Mcingvale’s bets were future wagers sprinkled throughout the earlier parts of the season.

Bryce Harper hits one of the Phillies' five home runs
Bryce Harper hits one of the Phillies’ five home runs Getty Images

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Houston has a chance to even the series Wednesday night in Philadelphia. They will send out Cristian Javier against the Phillies and ace Aaron Nola. If they can get it done, the series becomes a best-of-three – with two of the three games in Houston.

Astros fans all over the country will surely be watching with bated breath – though perhaps none moreso than Mattress Mack, who has a whopping $75 million sum riding on the series.