Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale made the bet on the Astros to win the 2019 World Series at a sportsbook in Mississippi. The Astros won their first World Series in 2017
Late last night, a little after the midnight hour, Hell froze over. Reports of pigs and other assorted swine growing wings and taking flight started pouring in from all over the country. Dogs and cats were living together — it was mass hysteria, all because the Chicago Cubs had finally won the World Series after a 108-year drought.
All of the curses, and weight of past failures, have been lifted from the Chicago Cubs as they win the 2016 World Series. It's the Cubs first championship since 1908.