2010 December at Linesmaker

Colorado Overwhelms Edmonton in NHL Betting Action

The Col­orado Avalanche posted a 4–3 win over the Edmon­ton Oil­ers on Thurs­day, as Milan Hej­duk recorded the only score of the shootout. Draw­ing about 65% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Col­orado Avalanche were the clear favorites against Edmon­ton among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. Hav­ing –137 NHL odds, most bet­ters ended up happy as Col­orado defeated the Oil­ers (+126). Hej­duk net­ted a goal in the first shootout round, while Craig Ander­son man­aged to pre­vent all three attempts by Edmon­ton to seal the win. T.J. Galiardi, Paul Stastny and Tomas... 

NBA Betting Favorite San Antonio Rallies Over Dallas

Gary Neal chipped in 21 points from the bench to rally the San Anto­nio Spurs to a 99–93 win over the Dal­las Mav­er­icks on Thursday. With almost 65% of the NBA bet­ting action on their side, the San Anto­nio Spurs were the hot favorites against Dal­las among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win. Listed at –3.5 on the NBA bet­ting lines, the Spurs made the major­ity of bet­tors happy by defeat­ing the Mavericks. San Anto­nio took advan­tage of the absence of Dirk Now­itzki, who missed his sec­ond con­sec­u­tive game due to a sprained knee. Unfor­tu­nately, Dal­las has lost both games... 

Washington Topples NCAA Football Betting Favorite Nebraska

The Wash­ing­ton Huskies posted a 19–7 vic­tory over the Nebraska Corn­huskers on Thurs­day in the Hol­i­day Bowl, as Chris Polk went for 177 yards and a touchdown. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, the Nebraska Corn­huskers were the clear favorites against Wash­ing­ton among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege foot­ball bet­ting lines at –11, Nebraska dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Huskies. Jake Locker threw for 56 yards, while pick­ing up 83 yards on the ground for the Huskies, who ended the sea­son 7–6. Tay­lor... 

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Islanders Down NHL Betting Favorite Penguins

The New York Islanders rolled past the Pitts­burgh Pen­guins 2–1 Wednes­day, as P.A. Par­enteau scored in the fourth shootout round and New York kept Sid­ney Crosby from scoring. Attract­ing nearly 80% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Pitts­burgh Pen­guins were the clear favorites over the Islanders among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Hav­ing –200 NHL odds, Pitts­burgh dis­ap­pointed bet­tors when they lost to the Islanders (+183). With this game, Crosby ended his points streak at 25 games, which is the longest streak in the NHL in 18 years. Ear­lier Mats Sundin scored a point in 30... 

Miami Bests Houston in NBA Betting Action

Dwyane Wade scored a season-best 45 points on Wednes­day and boosted the Miami Heat to a 125–119 deci­sion over the Hous­ton Rockets. Draw­ing almost 80 per­cent of the NBA bet­ting action, the Miami Heat were the clear favorites against Hous­ton among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA bet­ting lines at –5, Miami delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by cov­er­ing the spread over the Rockets. The Rock­ets put up a tough fight against Miami until the end of the third period, when the Heat stormed ahead and won the con­test even after giv­ing 100 points for the first time in 17 games. Scor­ing... 

NCAA Football Betting: Oklahoma State Overpowers Arizona

Justin Black­mon grabbed two touch­down passes that sparked Okla­homa State to a 36–10 win over the Ari­zona Wild­cats in Alamo Bowl on Wednesday. With almost 75% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action on their side, Okla­homa State was the hot favorite against Ari­zona among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –4.5 on the col­lege foot­ball bet­ting lines, Okla­homa State plea­sured the major­ity of bet­tors by beat­ing the Wildcats. Okla­homa State scored on a Markelle Martin’s 62 yards inter­cep­tion return, as the Cow­boys wrapped the sea­son at 11–2. Jeremy Smith... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Illinois Overwhelms Iowa

D.J. Richard­son and Bill Cole both scored on two 3-pointers, for 16–0 early in the game, to rally No. 25 Illi­nois over the Iowa Hawkeyes for an 87–77 win on Wednes­day in the open­ing game of the Big Ten Conference. Attract­ing nearly 75 per­cent of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, Illi­nois was the clear favorite against Iowa among Lines­Maker bet­tors to suc­ceed in the cam­paign. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball bet­ting lines at –5, Illi­nois delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Hawkeyes. Iowa, which was look­ing for­ward to record the 700th... 

NHL Betting: Pittsburgh Overwhelms Atlanta

Sid­ney Crosby net­ted a pair of goals to help the Pitts­burgh Pen­guins rally over the Atlanta Thrash­ers, 6–3, on Tuesday. Attract­ing around 80% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Pitts­burgh Pen­guins were the hot favorite against Atlanta among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Pitts­burgh, with –172 NHL bet­ting odds, delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Thrash­ers (+158). Ele­vat­ing his points total to 50, Crosby recorded two goals in the first period with a pair of assists to extend his points streak to 25 games. Craig Adams struck a short­handed goal for Pitts­burgh.... 

Minnesota Upsets NFL Betting Favorite Philadelphia

The Min­nesota Vikings posted a 24–14 vic­tory over the Philadel­phia Eagles on Tues­day, thanks to rookie quar­ter­back Joe Webb who high­lighted his first NFL start by throw­ing for 195 yards. Webb, who replaced Brett Favre after he missed the game fol­low­ing a con­cus­sion, com­pleted 17-of-26 passes with a score for the Vikings. Draw­ing nearly 70% of the NFL bet­ting action, the Philadel­phia Eagles were the clear favorites against Min­nesota among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NFL bet­ting lines at –14, Philadel­phia turned out to be a big set­back for the major­ity...