2009 November at BetLM

Eagles Soar, Bears Bust and Bettors Bank

Philadel­phia, at –165 on the money line wager­ing, was a strong favorite over Chicago on Sun­day after two close loses. Mem­bers at Lines­Maker were bet­ting on the Eagles as well with over 75% of the bet­ting action on Philly. This time the Eagles finally found a way to win with a nar­row 29–24 victory. Dono­van McN­abb threw for 244 yards, LeSean McCoy scored the go-ahead touch­down with 5 min­utes 31 sec­onds left lead­ing the Eagles beat the host Bears. The Bears were lead­ing by 20–17 when Philadelphia’s Anto­nio Dixon blocked a 48-yard field-goal attempt by Rob­bie... 

The Saint March to Victory

There were no sur­prises when the vis­it­ing New Orleans Saints, –525 on the money line, rolled to a 38–7 vic­tory against Tampa Bay. The Saints were odds on favorite, to win and cover the spread, with over two-thirds of the bet­ting action at Lines­Maker Sports­book. Their vic­tory was sealed by Drew Brees, he threw for three touch­down passes, leav­ing the Saints still unbeaten at 10–0. Brees says: “I feel like we haven’t peaked yet,” so keep an eye on the Saints as per­haps their best is yet to come. The Bucs drove 95 yards for a touch­down on their first pos­ses­sion... 

Browns Bumble, Loins Roar

In a turn of for­tunes from last year, the bet­ting action was favor­ing the Detroit Lions to win out right and they did not dis­ap­point with a 38–37 vic­tory over the lowly Cleve­land Browns. Matthew Stafford’s fifth touch­down pass, a 1 yarder to Bran­don Pet­ti­grew, fol­lowed by Jason Hanson’s extra point in the final play took the Loins to vic­tory over the Browns. The Lions touch­down was aided by Cleveland’s Hank Poteat who was called for pass inter­fer­ence in the end zone when Stafford heaved a des­per­a­tion attempt from the Cleve­land 32.  

Bears Are Golden

Favorites Stan­ford were heav­ily sup­ported with nearly 80% of the bet­ting action when they met the Cal­i­for­nia Golden Bears, but the Bears were spec­tac­u­lar offen­sively against the Car­di­nals, tak­ing them to vic­tory. The Bears man­aged to tally 477 yards as a team while Shane Vereen rushed for 193 yards and three touch­downs, when he replaced an injured Jahvid Best. Cal­i­for­nia won 34–28 and saw its second-straight win over a ranked opponent.  

Ducks Beat Wildcats: Fail to Cover

Of all the Pac-10 meet­ings this week Ore­gon and Ari­zona was the best of the bunch. There was a lot at stake and the game proved to be an instant clas­sic. Ore­gon was a 5-point road favorite accord­ing to Lines­Maker and most other sports­books. Nearly 70% of the bet­ting action went with the Ducks, but it did not work out for the con­cen­sus bet­tors this time. Ari­zona held the lead for most of the game but Ore­gon man­aged a touch­down in the clos­ing sec­onds to force over­time. The Ducks finally pre­vailed by a field goal in dou­ble over­time – secur­ing the win... 

Cowboys Beat Redskins: Fail to Cover Spread

It was a close call for the heav­ily favored Dal­las Cow­boys but for the sec­ond straight week Dal­las saw vic­tory. Although they won out­right, Dal­las failed to cover the spread. Tony Romo led Dal­las, com­plet­ing seven straight passes, the last a 10-yarder to Patrick Cray­ton for a touch­down with 2:41 left that gave Dal­las their 7–6 victory. The Cowboy’s retain their hold on first place in the NFC East con­fer­ence. The vis­it­ing Red­skins were lead­ing 6 – 0 on two field goals, but Shaun Suisham, missed a 39 and 50 yard attempts seal­ing the win for Dallas.  

College Football Betting Trends

As we head into the week­end, the col­lege foot­ball bet­ting action is heat­ing up. Which col­lege foot­ball teams are get­ting the most bet­ting action this Saturday? Below are the top col­lege foot­ball bets based on the total bet­ting vol­ume of our sports­book members: Boise State — Point Spread Bowl­ing Green — Point Spread Howard — Point Spread Nia­gara — Point Spread Boise State — Over Akron — Point Spread Okla­homa City — Point Spread Toledo — Point Spread  

Panthers Claw Victory Over Sabres

The claws where out on Wednes­day night when Florida Pan­thers struck against the Buf­falo Sabres in a 6–2 vic­tory. Michael Fro­lik scored twice and they went on to win with three late goals. The Pan­thers now have six wins in their last nine games. The Panther’s did have a poor start this sea­son and failed to make last sea­son play­offs. They have been unfairly labeled as a weak team but even after their recent suc­cess the pub­lic aren’t con­vinced of their abil­ity. They are +190 under­dogs for tonight’s match against the Detroit Red Wings and 80% of the bet­ting... 

College Basketball Round Up

In the sec­ond round of the N.I.T. Sea­son Tip-Off in Storrs, home team Con­necti­cut secured a 76 – 67 vic­tory over Hof­s­tra on Tues­day. Jerome Dyson scored 23 points, includ­ing 9 straight points for UConn in the final 1.39. UConn will advance to the semi­fi­nals next week at MSG. Despite their win, pub­lic bet­ting shows no favor for Con­necti­cut with 70% of the bet­ting vol­ume favor­ing Notre Dame in their game this Sat­ur­day, 21st November. Ash­ton Gibbs helped Pitts­burgh open a 22-point lead when he hit five 3-pointers in the first half. Suf­fer­ing from... 

Early Betting Favors Mayweather Over Pacquiao

The only thing left now for Manny Pac­quiao is the fight. Every box­ing enthu­si­ast knows that the fight can only refer to a much antic­i­pated Pac­quiao vs. May­weather matchup. The fight has yet to be made, poten­tially it may not ever occur,. but Lines­Maker Sports­book is already tak­ing bets on who will win if Manny Pac­quiao and Floyd May­weather Jr. ever get into the ring. Despite Pac­quiao, com­ing off a dom­i­nat­ing win over Miguel Cotto, Lines­Maker cur­rently has May­weather as a –145 favorite to beat Pac­quiao. There is no deny­ing Pac­quiao is a spe­cial...