
Originally Posted by
Chi_archie
The economics of McIngvale’s strategy has mostly paid off. During his March Madness promotion he bet a total of $9.86 million across four bets and won $13.5 million. (Mack’s bets were a $1 million futures bet on the East bracket to win $1.7 million, the only bet he lost, then $2.25 million on Kansas at +190 to win $6.5 million; $3.31 million on Kansas at +190 to win $6.3 million; and $3.3 million on Kansas at –200 to win $1.7 million.) Gallery sold a total of $12.9 million worth of furniture during the promotion, so once he refunds all of his customers, which he will do on April 24 during a big party in his store, he’ll have more than a $500,000 profit.