2011 January at Linesmaker

Washington State Upsets NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Washington

Klay Thomp­son chipped in 25 points to rally the Wash­ing­ton State Cougars over the No. 17 Wash­ing­ton Huskies to an 87–80 win on Sunday. Draw­ing around 75% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Wash­ing­ton Huskies were the clear favorites against Wash­ing­ton State among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –3.5, Wash­ing­ton dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Cougars. Trail­ing 33–28 in the last 5:12 min­utes of the first half, the Cougars man­aged to sur­pass Wash­ing­ton 17–10 for a two-point... 

NBA Betting: New York Dominates Detroit

The New York Knicks reg­is­tered a 124–106 win over the Detroit Pis­tons on Sun­day, cour­tesy of Amare Stoudemire and Danilo Gal­li­nari who scored 62 points collectively. Attract­ing nearly 65% of the NBA bet­ting action, the New York Knicks were the clear favorites against Detroit among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA bet­ting lines at –6.5, New York delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Pistons. Stoudemire chipped in with 10 of his of 33 points in the final stanza, as New York outscored Detroit 33–15. Gal­li­nari scored 29 points that included 11-of-11... 

Team Lidstrom Downs Team Staal in NHL Betting Action

Loui Eriks­son net­ted two goals on Sun­day to help Team Lid­strom rally over Team Staal 11–10 in the NHL All-Star Game. Attract­ing almost 60% of the NHL bet­ting action, Team Lid­strom was the favorite among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win over Team Staal. Listed at –109  on NHL lines, Team Lid­strom delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing Team Staal (+101). Team Lid­strom took an 11–9 advan­tage as the Dal­las Stars’ Eriks­son found an empty net with 1:11 min­utes remain­ing. Eriks­son scored four points to go with two assists. Team Staal cut the deficit to... 

Pro Bowl this Weekend and then the Big Game!

The Pro Bowl takes place this Sun­day in Hawaii where the best of the AFC and NFC will meet up in a game that promises tons of action… but noth­ing like what will take place in Dal­las  Super Bowl odds are live with an open­ing line favor­ing the Pack­ers.  This was a huge sur­prise to fans as most would have pre­dicted that Roethlisberger’s Steel­ers would be the favorite. The sea­son is almost over, but the biggest action is yet to come.… Extra 15% Free Cash We can’t stop talk­ing about it! Lines­maker brings you an incom­pa­ra­ble pro­mo­tion until Feb­ru­ary 6th.... 

Indiana Beats NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Illinois

Jor­dan Hulls scored on two free throws in the last 13 sec­onds to help the Indi­ana Hoosiers dom­i­nate the No. 21 Illi­nois Fight­ing Illini, 52–49, on Thursday. Draw­ing around 80% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Illi­nois Fight­ing Illini were the clear favorites against Indi­ana among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –4 on col­lege bas­ket­ball lines, Illi­nois dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Hoosiers. Both teams strug­gled to lead above five points at any point of the game. The Hoosiers (11–10, 2–6) man­aged just... 

NBA Betting Favorite Boston Tops Portland

The Boston Celtics over­pow­ered the Port­land Trail Blaz­ers 88–78 Thurs­day, as Glen Davis and Kevin Gar­nett pre­vented a Port­land come­back with late free throws. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Boston Celtics were the clear favorites against Port­land among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –5, Boston delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Trail Blazers. Boston enjoyed a 15 points lead enter­ing in the fourth frame, before the Trail Blaz­ers scored on three 3-pointers in a row to make a come­back after com­plet­ing... 

Charlotte Downs NBA Odds Favorite Phoenix

D.J. Augustin scored on two free throws in the last 1:49 min­utes to rally the Char­lotte Bob­cats over the Phoenix Suns 114–107 on Wednesday. Draw­ing around 70% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Phoenix Suns were the clear favorites against Char­lotte among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –6.5, Phoenix dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Bobcats. Steve Nash scored from a 3 point range in the last 3:08 min­utes to help Phoenix come within three. How­ever the Suns failed to score any fur­ther and missed all three shots within the last 3 min­utes... 

NHL Betting Favorite Calgary Wins Over St. Louis

The Cal­gary Flames downed the St. Louis Blues 4–1 Wednes­day, cour­tesy of David Moss who scored the first two goals in the first stanza. Attract­ing around 65% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Cal­gary Flames were the clear favorites against St. Louis among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NHL lines at –127, Cal­gary delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Blues. This game marked the longest win­ning streak of the Flames in the sea­son and their fourth con­sec­u­tive vic­tory in a row.  Miikka Kipru­soff won in his 500th appear­ance of NHL career. Moss net­ted... 

Florida Downs NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Georgia

No. 23 Florida dom­i­nated Geor­gia 104–91 on Tues­day, thanks to Chan­dler Par­sons who pulled in 9 of his 18 points in the sec­ond over­time frame. Attract­ing around 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, Geor­gia was the favorite against Florida among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –3, Geor­gia dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to Florida. Chip­ping in with a 9–0 run, Par­sons net­ted from a 3-point range and scored on a layup in the last 2 1/2 min­utes of the sec­ond extra period. Par­sons poured... 

NHL Betting Favorite Pittsburgh Tops New York

The Pitts­burgh Pen­guins posted a 1–0 vic­tory over the New York Islanders on Tues­day, cour­tesy of Marc-Andre Fleury and Craig Adams who had a 29-save shutout and scored a goal, respectively. Attract­ing around 80% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Pitts­burgh Pen­guins were the clear favorites against New York among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With –202 NHL odds, Pitts­burgh delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Islanders (+185). Fleury pre­vented three New York power plays and stopped all 10 shots in the final stanza in his sec­ond shutout of the sea­son, 18th...