“Even though I lost that football game, when I see these veterans fighting valiantly against PTSD, it makes my loss feel very small,” he says.

Mack watched the Super Bowl at Camp Hope, a Houston-based intensive residential program for military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. When asked where losing nearly $10 million stacks up to other big loses he’s been dealt, he thinks for a second. “That was probably the toughest one because I really thought I was going to win,” he says. He could’ve won $36 million if the Atlanta Braves didn’t defeat the Astros. But the most painful loss was during last year’s World Series, when he put down a $2 million future bet, 18 to 1, for the Astros to win the championship. He put a total of $17 million on his hometown team over a couple of months and lost when the Astros were defeated by the Washington Nationals. His biggest gamble was on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. This is only the most recent multi-million-dollar loss for McIngvale. But after a few controversial calls and a long drive down the field, they managed to get into the end zone-Stafford passed to Kupp-and win the championship.

By the third quarter, the Rams were still down. But the Bengals caught up and Ja’Marr Chase, the Bengals wide receiver, ran a 75-yard touchdown, bringing Cincinnati in the lead 17-13 at the start of the second half. Early in the game, the Rams took the lead when Odell Beckham Jr. The Rams won Super Bowl LVI with a fourth-quarter comeback.

As sports betting is currently legal in 30 states, 100 million Americans can now make a legal bet from where they live. This Super Bowl was expected to attract a record $7.6 billion in wagers from a record 31.4 million Americans, according to a new report by the American Gaming Association.

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