2010 April at BetLM

Rundown on NBA Action: Celtics Outdo Heat

The Boston Celtics defeated the Miami Heat 106–77 Tues­day night, claim­ing a 2–0 lead in their play­off series. This win came as a suprise, cour­tesy of Glen Davis. The Celtic’s sen­ti­men­tal leader Kevin Gar­nett, also known as the “Big Ticket” was serv­ing a one-game suspension. This influ­enced the bet­ting odds. At Lines­Maker, the Boston Celtics have 14–1 odds of win­ning the NBA cham­pi­onship, whereas the Miami Heat is now off the bet­ting action, fol­low­ing their crush­ing defeat at the hands of Celtics. Davis filled in for injury-riddled Gar­nett in all... 

Blackhawks Even Series With Predators

Mak­ing his first play­off win a shutout, Antti Niemi man­aged to stop all 23 shots he faced. This helped the Chicago Black­hawks bounce back and beat Nashville, 2–0, and level out their West­ern Con­fer­ence quar­ter­fi­nal series with the Predators. Patrick Kane and Dave Bol­land scored for Nashville. Kane and Patrick Sharp cre­ated 2-on-1. Push­ing the puck down the right wing and drift­ing into the face-off cir­cle, Kane’s wrist shot beat Rinne on the stick side, at 4:18 of the third. The home team had a 13–5 shot lead in the score­less first period. Chicago pulled... 

Placing a Smart Bet on Sports Betting Lines

Accord­ing to the Wall Street Jour­nal, around 100 mil­lion Amer­i­cans wager nearly $100 bil­lion on sports bet­ting lines every year. This is their way to remain an active part of the sports that they love to play or watch, but can­not com­pete at a high level. Today, the bet­ting action has evolved into a multi-billion dol­lar indus­try. So, what are you miss­ing out on? Once you fig­ure this out, you will want to ven­ture into this pro­lific busi­ness.  To start wager­ing, you need to reg­is­ter with a sports book. There are numer­ous online sports books, which pro­vide... 

IF Bets Explained

IF Win bets are great options for money man­age­ment. You bet a fixed amount on one team, if that team wins, then the same amount as your orig­i­nal bet is placed on a dif­fer­ent team of your choice. Exam­ple: You have a 2 team IF Win Bet for $11 on the Bears and Giants. If the Bears win, you risked $11 to win $10 and now another $11 wager is placed on the Giants. If they win, then you win another $10 for a total of $20 in win­nings. If the Giants lose, then you have lost $1 because you won $10 on the Bears and you lost $11 on the Giants. If the Bears lose, then you have lost your orig­i­nal... 

Sports Gambling Bonus Parlays Reap Large Rewards

The sports bet­ting bonus can put extra funds in the pock­ets of savvy sports bet­ting investors. How­ever, gam­bling on the sport bet­ting bonus should be done with great caution. There are many dif­fer­ent ways in which sports bet­ting investors might max­i­mize their prof­its. One of the tra­di­tional ways for bet­tors to max­i­mize their prof­its is to bet on a long shot either in a field of entries or on a heavy under­dog between two oppo­nents. It makes per­fect sense that if you care to bet a heavy under­dog on a sports­book entry, then you sim­ply must accept the... 

Sports Gambling Lines Can Bring a Loser to his Knees

The sports gam­bling lines are set by the mas­ter odd­s­mak­ers in Las Vegas who are look­ing for an even pro­por­tion of bets wagered on each side. The sports gam­bling lines can turn a strong man into a weak­ened soul, should the sports gam­bling lines turn against him. For well over a cen­tury, sports gam­bling lines have been an enter­tain­ing way for the adult pop­u­la­tion to spend their free time. If an indi­vid­ual had a pen­chant for sports as well as gam­bling; well, then all the ingre­di­ents that were nec­es­sary to attract this indi­vid­ual into becom­ing... 

Can you say Playoffs?

The Mas­ters Tour­na­ment has come and gone, and now it’s time for the NBA and NHL playoffs. The Stan­ley Cup Play­offs con­tinue tonight with the final game of the quar­ter­fi­nals pit­ting the Black­hawks against the Preda­tors. Who will dominate? In the MLB, the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox play their first of a three-game set at Fen­way Park. And Sat­ur­day, the NBA Play­offs begin with mul­ti­ple matchups. Here is all of our cur­rent specials: Dou­ble Your Money Pro­mo­tions Play our spe­cial props for a chance to dou­ble your win­nings for free. Paid to... 

Tiger Woods to Play in the U.S. Open

Tiger Woods filed to play in the U.S. Open, by send­ing in the entry form for season’s sec­ond major. The tour­na­ment will be played June 17 – 20th at Peb­ble Beach, the same place where 10 years back he won by 15 shots tying the tour­na­ment scor­ing record. Woods appeared in the Mas­ters, fol­low­ing a five-month hia­tus.  This was Wood’s first event fol­low­ing his much pub­li­cized, self-imposed expul­sion in Novem­ber 2009. Spec­u­la­tion on Tiger’s next Tour appear­ance began imme­di­ately after in his first post-scandal start where he fin­ished fourth... 

Mickelson Takes Fourth Major, Improves World Ranking

Phil Mick­el­son regained the No.2 spot in the men’s world golf rank­ings, after the com­ple­tion of bogey-free round Sun­day to win the Mas­ters and the season’s first major tour­na­ment. Mick­el­son replaced Steve Stricker, who is again slated at No. 3. Win­ning his third green jacket by card­ing a 5-under 67 on Sun­day, Mick­el­son took a three-stroke vic­tory over Lee Westwood. Mickelson’s vic­tory was high­lighted by a poignant meet­ing off the 18th tee with his wife Amy, who gave him with a long lauda­tory embrace.  This was Amy’s first appear­ance at a tour­na­ment... 

Tiger Returns and More Betting Action

The NCAA Cham­pi­onship has passed, but the action cranks up this week with Tiger’s return to The Mas­ters, the start of the MLB sea­son, and the NBA sea­son in full swing. Thurs­day marked Tiger’s return to the PGA Tour. MLB action con­tin­ues on Sat­ur­day as the Yan­kees visit their Amer­i­can League East rivals the Tampa Bay Rays. And, the top two teams in the NBA’s East­ern Con­fer­ence meet Sun­day when the Magic take on the Cavs. Here is all of our cur­rent specials: Dou­ble Your Money Pro­mo­tions Play our spe­cial props for a chance to dou­ble your...