It’s illegal what he is doing. Oh btw Tampa bay ray playing second best record on Friday night and it’s 50% capacity. Fun fact: 5 years straight now upper deck has been closed. Embarrassing of a franchise.
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Racism is forbidden on these forums, sir. Please refrain.Comment -
Should always be allowed to bet. It's a personal choice. Just like buying a bottle of booze.
Mattress Mack is a degen I like him!
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He’s not betting
He’s a bookieComment -
It's not the Fan Base it's the Stadium & Location needs to move to Tampa. GOD BLESS MM he's a HERO !!! FJB & the CORRUPT US Government led by PATHETIC LIBERALS & MINDLESS SHEEPComment -
Stadium location sucks and there are more fans of other MLB teams in Tampa than their are Rays "fans". It's a shame but awesome to see them exceed expectations with such a low payrollComment -
Tampa Ray stadium is the absolute worst.. The only good thing about it is the bar Fergusons across the street.Comment -
Promotional contest is one thing…this is becoming a “contest” after “contest”.
Let’s dissect the contest.
Example:Buy $2,000 or more of furniture and if Astros win you get your furniture for free.
Mac Sells lets say $100,000 of furniture. Goes to casino bets what the furniture actually cost him on plus money to win the series. (Just because customers bought total of 100,000 worth of furniture, that’s not what it cost him to get.) That’s Juice. He will always make money. He’s taking action in a different form.
the real illegal stuff. Double your money if they win contest. Now if contest team wins you get double of what you paid. You get cash! That’s book makingComment -
I always wondered how the taxes work when the business of selling furniture is mixed with gambling. So I'm assuming when he sells the furniture the sale is recorded in the business name. But when he bets it's under Mack. So how do the taxes work???Comment -
Good question.
Only a guess but I'd think it's separate. He simply personally guarantees to fund the refunds if needed. And he just pays the personal tax on the winnings.
Although maybe there is also some additional tax advantage in him loaning the company that money on top?
I doubt he would be trying to claim a deduction for his bets as "promotional expenses" as that sounds like a can of worms..Comment -
When you have enough money, you get to do things regular people can't and aren't allowed to do.Comment -
Mattress Mack bookie. Any bonuses for signing up? LOL..Comment -
You a robot? It’s called hyperbole to make people think or wonder. Kinda like how I wonder how so many people have a butt penetrate love relationship and willing to go to the moon to defend a complete stranger.
Mac is a good person and does tremendous work for the community. Good people can do illegal stuff retards. Btw… no moral ground here. Could care less. But he’s kind of getting arrogant. Make me 100,000 in furniture sales and then he will come down from the tower? Fu c k that. Come on retards, let’s buy furniture so he can make profit and he can come down from tower.Comment -
That's a false equivalency. You're likening a furniture giveaway to reparations for dirty deeds done by your forefathers. I'm not sure that's what they had in mind. "Yeah, we're equal now because I have a new queen with a box spring."
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I gotta DREAM Mattress. Best I've ever had, sleep like a baby on it. $1000 for my queen size though. Mack mattresses can kiss my ass...
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it used to be that any transaction entered into, where unauthorized wagering (like on a sporting event) was involved, was deemed illegal and void
i'm pretty sure that's still the case in the usa... otherwise in a poker game, we could just say "i'm all in for a mattress" instead of cash and make it legal lolComment -
Besides the furniture for free. The main thing he has is double your money. You get your furniture free plus the money you paid for it. That’s a cash prize for a team to win. That’s a f uc king bookie taking action in my world.Comment -
PATHETIC "2" leftiesComment -
Did he bet the Astros? Probably gave back all he won before.Comment -
He’s not a homie. He’s an illegal bookie. Did he make bets on Texans last season and contest? Sportsbook should be pissed that he makes more juice than them. His bet lost on the Astros, but he didn’t have to bet what he made in sales on the furniture to recoup (make the Sportsbook pay his customers for the price of the furniture) he bet his actual cost from manufacturer plus overhead. Astros lose he still makes money from the markup. He doesn’t make as much if they lose, but he’s guaranteed a profit. Call it what you will…He’s smart or…..ummm he’s a nice guy, he helps the community, leave that as it may, it’s still illegal what he is doing. Good guys can do illegal stuff too. Let’s remember, he was once a coke head too.Comment -
He's gained popularity by betting large on sports. Brilliant marketing for his crap mattresses. He's making millions.Comment -
cause hes a mushComment -
Do you really think that a guy with a gambling problem is not betting anything else and just bets his promos? I'd bet he bets a lot more of his own money and loses but he doesn't take selfies when he makes these bets. Those bets he leaves the house at 3 am and tells his wife he is going to work but he actually goes to the casino and bets wearing a beard in disquise so they wouldn't know he loses so much.Comment -
Who said he is losing money?
You have to file bankruptcy to be a degenerate?
I think you are responding to the wrong thread.
just stating facts about his illegal operation, not marketing or if he gambles or if he washes his left nut with a cucumber.Comment -
Of course it's not illegal.
1) he isn't dumb enough to NOT structure it in a 100% legal way and 2) which legal authority do you imagine is just ignoring the "illegality" in the face of so much publicity?
Great promotion that his customers also love.
Not only legal, also ethical..Comment
