2010 October at BetLM

MLB Betting: Philadelphia Thrash San Francisco

The Philadel­phia Phillies beat the San Fran­cisco Giants, 6–1 on Sun­day, cour­tesy of Roy Oswalt who lim­ited the Giants to one run over eight innings. With this win, the Phillies have evened the 2010 NLCS at one win. Draw­ing nearly 75% of the MLB bet­ting action, the Philadel­phia Phillies were the clear favorites against San Fran­cisco among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the bet­ting lines at –159, Philadel­phia delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by beat­ing the Giants (+149). Allow­ing just three hits with three walks and strik­ing out nine, Oswalt (1–0) gave a base... 

NFL Betting: Minnesota Beat Dallas with Late Field Goal

Even though they were out­gained 305–188 and strug­gling at the half, the Min­nesota Vikings man­aged to post a 24–21 vic­tory over the Dal­las Cow­boys, thanks to a late field goal by Ryan Longwell. Attract­ing nearly 55% of the NFL bet­ting action, the Min­nesota Vikings were the clear favorites against Dal­las to win the match among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –1, they lived up to the expec­ta­tions of most bet­tors when they defeated the Cowboys. The game, which was deemed the “Panic Bowl” since each reign­ing divi­sion cham­pion had a 1–3 record, enabled... 

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NBA Betting: Jefferson, Jazz Overpower Suns

The Utah Jazz, who con­tinue unbeaten in the pre­sea­son, ousted the Phoenix Suns 108–97 Thurs­day. Al Jef­fer­son, an off-season acqui­si­tion for Utah, scored 24 points and six boards to lead the Jazz. Cur­rently, Lines­Maker has the Utah Jazz at 30 to 1 to win the 2010-11 NBA cham­pi­onship. While the Phoenix Suns have 50 to 1 odds on the NBA bet­ting lines for the same. Deron Williams had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists, and rookie Jeremy Evans contributed12 points off the bench on a 5-for-5 shoot­ing from the floor for the Jazz. This was Utah’s (4–0) fourth... 

NCAA Football Betting: Wildcats Demolish Jayhawks

Senior quar­ter­back Car­son Coff­man com­pleted five touch­downs, three rush­ing and two pass­ing, to rally the Kansas State Wild­cats to a 59–7 win over the Kansas Jay­hawks on Thursday. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, the Kansas State Wild­cats were the obvi­ous favorites against the Kansas Jay­hawks with the major­ity of Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –3, the Wild­cats met and sur­passed the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by demol­ish­ing the Jayhawks. Hav­ing strug­gled with the offense through five games before... 

NBA Betting: Lakers Edge Kings

The Los Ange­les Lak­ers ral­lied to a 98–95 vic­tory over Sacra­mento on Wednes­day, cour­tesy to Pau Gasol who scored 18 points while haul­ing in 12 boards. Lines­Maker has the Los Ange­les Lak­ers as the sec­ond favorites, with the NBA bet­ting lines at +250 to win the 2010/2011 NBA Championship. Ron Artest and Shan­non Brown also con­tributed with 18 and 17 points respec­tively and they sur­vived a huge fourth quar­ter by the Kings to give the Lak­ers (1–2) their first pre­sea­son win. In the final quar­ter, Sacra­mento man­aged to outscore the Lak­ers 36–19.... 

NCAA Football Betting: Central Florida Clobbers Marshall

The Uni­ver­sity of Cen­tral Florida Knights thrashed the Mar­shall Thun­der­ing Herd, 35–14 on Wednes­day. Jeff God­frey ran for a pair of touch­downs for the Knights while Ron­nie Weaver rushed for a career-high 150 yards. Attract­ing nearly 65% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, Cen­tral Florida was the clear favorite against Mar­shall among the major­ity of Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the bet­ting line at –6.5, the Knights delighted most bet­tors by defeat­ing the Thun­der­ing Herd. A fresh­man from Miami Cen­tral High in Florida, God­frey com­pleted 11-of-21... 

MLB Betting: Rangers Beat Rays to Win Playoff Series

The Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5–1, to cap­ture a post­sea­son set for the first time in fran­chise his­tory on Tues­day night. Cliff Lee pitched yet another post­sea­son gem for the Rangers in the deci­sive Game 5 of their ALDS at Trop­i­cana Field. Attract­ing above 55% of the MLB bet­ting action, the Tampa Bay Rays were the clear favorites against Texas with most Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the bet­ting lines at –121, Tampa Bay turned out to be a huge dis­ap­point­ment for the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Rangers, at +114. Fea­tur­ing an impres­sive... 

NHL Betting: St. Louis Beat Anaheim

Matt D’Agostini’s two goals ral­lied St. Louis to an impres­sive 5–1 vic­tory over Ana­heim on Monday. Attract­ing around 65% of the NHL bet­ting action, St. Louis was the clear favorite against Ana­heim among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this match. With bet­ting lines at –170, they delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by thrash­ing Ana­heim (+156). Scor­ing on the goals from Andy McDon­ald and B.J. Crombeen, the Blues out­shot the Ducks 53–14. David Backes and T.J. Oshie picked up a pair of assists for the Blues. Jaroslav Halak pre­vented 13 out of 14 shots. The... 

NFL Betting: New York Jets Overpower Minnesota

The New York Jets ral­lied to an impres­sive 29–20 win over Min­nesota, thanks to Nick Folk and Dwight Low­ery, who booted five field goals and returned an inter­cep­tion to score. Attract­ing more than 55% of the NFL bet­ting action, the Min­nesota Vikings were the favorites with the major­ity of Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. How­ever, they turned out to be a huge dis­ap­point­ment as they lost to the New York Jets (-4), the NFL bet­ting line favorite. Account­ing for all 15 of the Jets’ first-half points, Folk went 5-for-5 on field goal attempts. The Jets...