Well-Known Gambler Bets Big on Titans

The so-called Mattress Mack stands to win close to $6 million if the Mike Vrabel, Derrick Henry and the rest finish as Super Bowl champions.

A Houston businessman and well-known sports gambler known as Mattress Mack believes the Tennessee Titans are a good bet to win the Super Bowl. So good, in fact, that he has bet on them.

Mattress Mack wagered $700,000 on the Titans to win it all Saturday morning, according to Caesars Sportsbook.

The moneyline bet with Tennessee at +850 will play Mack (his real name is Jim McInvale) $5.95 million if the Titans win it all. He placed the bet using the Caesars Sportsbook app in Colorado.

Another #BetLikeACaesar wager from @MattressMack:

$700,000 on the Titans (+850) to win the Super Bowl.

Potential win: $5,950,000

— Caesars Sportsbook & Casino (@CaesarsSports) January 22, 2022

That is not to say that McIlvane thinks the Titans will just breeze their way to a championship. Friday night, he bet $1.1 million on the Cincinnati Bengals to cover the 3.5-point spread for Saturday’s divisional playoff game at Nissan Stadium. That bet could be worth $1 million to him.

The bad news for Titans fans is that McIlvane is on something of a losing streak. Last Saturday, he bet $2 million on the New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl, and that money vanished when the Buffalo Bills whipped the Patriots in a wild card contest. Six days earlier, he lost $2.7 million in moneyline bets on the College Football Playoff national championship between Georgia and Alabama.

“Life happens and you move on,” McIngvale, 70, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “You know how long it took me to get over it? Two seconds each. A gambler has to be resilient, if anything. They knock you down and you’ve got to get back up.

“A setback is just a setup for a comeback.”

And he is looking to the Titans to help him do just that.