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Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale can’t catch a break. The Houston, Texas furniture store owner placed a significant bet on Essential Quality to win the Kentucky Derby this past weekend, only to see the favorite finish in fourth place.

PokerGO has just announced a partnership deal with The Hendon Mob and Global Poker Index to host the Global Poker Awards starting next year through 2024. The poker awards show will take place in Las Vegas at the ARIA Resort & Casino within the PokerGO Studio. The awards showcase poker players who have impacted the…

Jim McIngvale, also known as Mattress Mack, is on his way to the Kentucky Derby to place a record-setting wager. The furniture store owner in Houston has made a name for himself in the sports betting world. For years, Mack has placed huge million-dollar bets on major sporting events, including the World Series and the…

Kambi hosts an annual week-long content series dubbed the Festival of Sportsbooks. The 2023 schedule for the virtual content series has not yet been revealed. Dubbed the “Kambi Festival of Sportsbook,” the event is an interesting addition to the usual conference calendar, as it’s the first time (to my knowledge) that a specific company is…

The Kentucky Derby prep race series swings to Florida this week with the 2021 Holy Bull Stakes. In this 31st edition of the Holy Bull Stakes, the horses will run at Gulfstream Park on January 30th.

Inaugurated in 2009, the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park is one of the more recent additions to the prep race calendar for the 2021 Kentucky Derby race. The Smarty Jones Stakes is named in honor of a very popular contender from the 2000s, running Saturday, January 22nd, 2021. Smarty Jones was a little-known Pennsylvania-bred…