2009 September at BetLM

Chicago Bears NFL Betting Preview

The Chicago Bears are the ulti­mate Wild Card team this foot­ball sea­son and new quar­ter­back Jay Cul­ter, traded from Den­ver, will cer­tainly be put to the test. This posi­tion was their weak­est link even when they reached Super Bowl a few years back. This thank­fully for the Bears has changed with Cut­ler and a good offen­sive behind him in Matt Forte who fin­ished 7th in the league last sea­son with 1,238 yards on 316 car­ries for an aver­age of 3.9 yards-per-carry, and 8 touch­downs, and half­back Kevin Jones, who is a great asset and will be split­ting the touches Forte. In... 

NHL Betting Volume in the East

With the NHL reg­u­lar sea­son about to open, some early bet­ting favorites are becom­ing evi­dent based on the sports bet­ting action so far at Lines­Maker. Yes­ter­day we took a look at the top con­tenders in the west­ern Con­fer­ence and today we look at the top five teams in the East based on the over­all bet­ting vol­ume of our customers. Pitts­burgh Pen­guins: Last year’s Stan­ley Cup Cham­pi­ons are the clear favorite to repeat this sea­son. Along with a decent sup­port cast, Crosby and Malkin alone are enough to keep the Pens seri­ous contention. Philadel­phia... 

San Diego Chargers NFL Betting Preview

This sea­son the San Diego Charg­ers look to have lit­tle com­pe­ti­tion within the AFC West divi­sion. They could be head­ing for the title under head coach Norv Turner, though their strongest oppo­nents Kansas City and Den­ver have new quar­ter­backs and head coaches which could tip the bal­ance. Lines­Maker gives then odds for AFC Cham­pi­ons of +800. Pre­dic­tions tell us that even though the Charg­ers will have an easy route to the play­offs, they never quite make the grade with a lack of team effort or chem­istry. Lines­Maker has them listed at +800 to win Super Bowl... 

NHL Betting Volume in the West

As the NHL sea­son is set to begin the sports bet­ting action at Lines­Maker as prov­ing some early indi­ca­tion of the early bet­ting favorites. Today we look at the West­ern Con­fer­ence and the top five teams based on the col­lec­tive bet­ting vol­ume of our customers. San Jose Sharks: Dany Heat­ley is a great addi­tion and could also boost the per­for­mance of Joe Thorn­ton. it is quite pos­si­ble both of these play­ers could have career years. Still, until the Sharks need prove they can pro­duce beyond the reg­u­lar season. Chicago Black­hawks: The Hawks have the... 

Indianapolis Colts NFL Betting Preview

It’s all change and a wel­come one for the Indi­anapo­lis Colts this sea­son with the replace­ment of Tony Dungy with new head coach Jim Cald­well. It’s believed that Cald­well will form a bet­ter defense so the pres­sure is off Pey­ton Man­ning to help them win every time. Man­ning has always been able to come from behind and win all their games. The ros­ter stays much the same as it did in 2008 and gen­er­ally odd­s­mak­ers have been con­ser­v­a­tive with their odds this sea­son. This has been caused by inter­nal pol­i­tics, the falling out of coor­di­na­tors... 

Dallas Cowboys NFL Betting Preview

The Dal­las Cow­boys prove that even hav­ing the most tal­ented play­ers in the world does not mean a fran­chise can make it to the play offs, which has earned them a rep­u­ta­tion of being biggest under­achiev­ers in the game with odds to prove it at a Lines­Maker of +1800 to win Super Bowl 2010. The Cow­boys miss the play­offs in Decem­ber, fin­ished third in the NFC East and didn’t even get close to a Wild­card posi­tion. This sea­son Lines­Maker has them at +900 to win the Cham­pi­onship. All fin­gers are point­ing at head coach, Wade Phillips, who is in now the hot... 

Philadelphia Eagles NFL Betting Preview

The Philadel­phia Eagles are a great con­tender to become the NFC Cham­pi­ons this sea­son and it’s a 3 team bat­tle accord­ing to the odds at Lines­Maker with the Eagles, New York Giants and Min­nesota Vikings all at +500. Pre­dic­tions say they’ll be sec­ond in NFC East. The biggest sur­prise this sea­son is owner Jef­fery Lurie and coach Andy Reid’s con­tro­ver­sial deci­sion to sign up Michael Vick who, by the end of the sea­son, could end up tak­ing plays away from Dono­van McN­abb which could cause prob­lems for the Eagles, it put them under the pub­lic radar... 

New York Giants NFL Betting Preview

The big ques­tion this sea­son is can the New York Giants defend their Super Bowl crown? Judg­ing by their per­for­mance in Decem­ber, los­ing 3 of their last 4 games it could be unlikely and it shows in the odds, Linesmaker.com has them at +1200 to win Super Bowl 2010 and at +500 to win the NFC Cham­pi­onship. All pre­dic­tions this sea­son favor them win­ning their divi­sion opposed to tak­ing Super Bowl. Star player Plaxico Bur­ress has proved to be a thorn in the side of the Giants and a hin­drance to their suc­cess this sea­son, suf­fer­ing a self-inflicted gun shot wound... 

Green Bay Packers NFL Betting Preview

With the loss of Favre this sea­son amongst other weak­nesses the Green Bay Pack­ers are one team in need of some great improve­ment and another team that’s weak on defense. Head coach Mike McCarthy has hire new defen­sive coor­di­na­tor Dom Capers who should improve the defense with his 3–4 defense and inten­sify the Pack­ers play. They will also ben­e­fit from a healthy squad unlike 2008 when five mem­bers of their defense includ­ing Atari Bigby and Nick Bar­rett missed 4 – 9 games each now with a full line up their depth, tal­ent and defense expe­ri­ence plus the addi­tion... 

New England Patriots NFL Betting Preview

The New Eng­land Patri­ots appear to be the over­whelm­ing favorites to take the divi­sion and then Super Bowl 2010 and it all seems to be down to the skill and return of MVP quar­ter­back Tom Brady. After a knee injury saw Brady out of the game for most of the sea­son he back on track and ready to help the Patri­ots win, how­ever last year Bill Belichick man­age to suc­ceed with out him no mat­ter how key Brady is to the team. The Pats became the first ever team to win 11 games last sea­son , unde­feated until los­ing Super Bowl to the New York Giants, but with the help of Brady...