THE world’s biggest sports punter is on the verge of a record £65 MILLION payout.
The 71-year-old furniture magnate Jim McIngvale – nicknamed Mattress Mack – placed an £8.5 million bet on his team to win the baseball World Series.
And after swatting aside the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees earlier in MLB’s play-offs, the Houston Astros are the red-hot favourites to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the seven-game series, which starts on October 28.
He is famous for placing huge bets on sports events and major horse races – and earlier this year he lost £1 million after his horse was beaten in the Kentucky Derby.
That was just three months after he lost £7 million on the Bengals in the Super Bowl.