2010 December at LinesMaker

NCAA Football Betting: Boise State Downs Utah

Boise State posted a 26–3 win over Utah in Maaco Bowl on Wednes­day, cour­tesy of Kellen Moore who threw for 339 yards with two touchdowns. Draw­ing almost 70% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, Boise State were the clear favorites against      Utah among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the col­lege foot­ball bet­ting lines at –15.5, Boise State man­aged to meet the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by oust­ing Utah. Boise State dis­played a slow start as Utah was lead­ing 3–0 at the end of one period. Doug Mar­tin scored on an 84-yard touch­down... 

NCAA Football Betting: Louisville Downs Southern Mississippi

Chris Philpott had a field goal in the fourth to break the tie and ral­lied the Louisville Car­di­nals to a 31–28 win over the South­ern Mis­sis­sippi Golden Eagles on Tues­day in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl. Attract­ing around 55% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, the Louisville Car­di­nals were the clear favorites against South­ern Mis­sis­sippi among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege foot­ball bet­ting lines at –2.0, Louisville lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by beat­ing the Golden Eagles. Cap­ping a 12-play, Philpott scored... 

San Jose Defeats Edmonton in NHL Betting Action

The San Jose Sharks posted a 2–1 vic­tory over the Edmon­ton Oil­ers on Tues­day, cour­tesy of Antero Niit­ty­maki who chipped in 26 saves and just about missed a shutout. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NHL bet­ting action, the San Jose Sharks were the clear favorites against Edmon­ton among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the NHL bet­ting lines at-258, San Jose delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Oil­ers (+235). Niit­ty­maki man­aged to keep Edmon­ton score­less until Dustin Pen­ner reg­is­tered his 11th goal of the sea­son in 18:01 of... 

Online Spreads To the Student Goes the Win

The online spreads in the sports­books of the cyber­space gam­bling sites on the Inter­net are the favorite plays of adults around the world. The online spreads can change, so it is impor­tant that the seri­ous sports bet­ting investor study the lines and eval­u­ate the changes when deter­min­ing the effi­cacy of the bet. Online gam­bling sites evolved on the Inter­net around a dozen years ago. These sites enabled sports bet­ting investors to place their bets on the same games pre­sented in the sports­books that are found in the sports­book casino par­lors on the strip in... 

NBA Betting: Portland Beats Milwaukee

The Port­land Trail Blaz­ers downed the Mil­wau­kee Bucks 106–80 on Mon­day, cour­tesy of LaMar­cus Aldridge who scored 29 points with 19 rebounds. Attract­ing almost 70% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Port­land Trail Blaz­ers were the clear favorites against Mil­wau­kee among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA bet­ting lines at –3, Port­land delighted the major­ity of bet­tors as they defeated the Bucks. Wes­ley Matthews chipped in 22 points, includ­ing three 3-pointers in the win. Com­ing off the bench, Rudy Fer­nan­dez scored 17 points with seven assists for Port­land,... 

NFL Betting: Chicago Topples Minnesota

The Chicago Bears posted a 40–14 win over the Min­nesota Vikings on Mon­day, as Jay Cut­ler scored on three touch­down passes. Attract­ing nearly 55% of the NFL bet­ting action, the Chicago Bears were the clear favorites against Min­nesota among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this match. With the NFL bet­ting lines at –5.5, Chicago pleased the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Vikings. Set­ting an NFL record by com­plet­ing the 14th touch­down return of his career, Devin Hes­ter grabbed one of Cutler’s scor­ing strikes. Hes­ter ran back a punt 64 yards for to score. Cut­ler... 

NCAA Basketball: Memphis Wins, Fails to Cover Point Spread

Will Bar­ton ral­lied the No. 19 Tigers with 1:47 left in over­time as Mem­phis bested the Austin Peay Gov­er­nors, 70–68, on Thursday. Draw­ing nearly 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Mem­phis Tigers were the clear favorites against Austin Peay among Lines­Maker bet­tors.  With the col­lege bas­ket­ball point spreads at –13, Mem­phis dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they failed to cover the point spread. The game was tied 56–56, before Bar­ton reg­is­tered a 3-pointer  jump shot with 9 sec­onds remain­ing in the sec­ond half to help... 

NHL Betting: Calgary Overwhelms Toronto

The Cal­gary Flames ral­lied over the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 Thurs­day, cour­tesy of Alex Tan­guay, Olli Joki­nen and Rene Bourque, who scored in dura­tion of 57 sec­onds in the mid­dle period. With almost 70% of the NHL bet­ting action on their side, the Cal­gary Flames were the clear favorite against Toronto among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –151 on the NHL bet­ting lines, Cal­gary won the heart of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Maple Leafs (+139). The game begin with a 1–1 tie in the first period, before Tanguay’s shot went past Jean-Sebastien Giguere... 

NFL Betting: San Diego Tops San Francisco

The San Diego Charg­ers posted a cru­cial 34–7 win over the San Fran­cisco 49ers on Thurs­day, even as Philip Rivers con­nected with Vin­cent Jack­son for three touch­down passes. Attract­ing nearly 60% of the NFL bet­ting action, the San Diego Charg­ers were the clear favorites against San Fran­cisco among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the NFL bet­ting lines at –10, San Diego delighted the major­ity of bet­tors as they bested the 49ers. The Charg­ers (8–6) com­pleted regular-season home sched­ule with their sec­ond con­sec­u­tive win, and are lag­ging... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: UC Santa Barbara Upsets UNLV

California-Santa Bar­bara defeated No. 22 Nevada-Las Vegas 68–62 Wednes­day, thanks to James Nun­nally who scored on four free throws with 18 sec­onds remain­ing in the game. Appar­ently, UNLV was the clear favorite against UC Santa Bar­bara among Lines­Maker bet­tors, as they received almost 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action.  With the col­lege bas­ket­ball bet­ting lines at –15.5, the Rebels failed to delight the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Gauchos. Lead­ing for most of the first half, the Gau­chos entered a 30–30 tie at inter­mis­sion...