2010 December at LinesMaker

NHL Betting: Detroit Defeats St. Louis

Nick­las Lid­strom recorded his first hat trick of his career as the Detroit Red Wings ral­lied over the St. Louis Blues, 5–2, on Wednesday. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Detroit Red Wings were the clear favorites against St. Louis among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Hav­ing –187 NHL bet­ting odds to win the game, Detroit delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Blues (+172). The star defenseman’s hat trick came in the 1,441st game of his 19-year NHL career, all of them with Detroit. Begin­ning the scor­ing 4:02 into the sec­ond period, Lid­strom... 

NBA Betting: Lakers Overtake Pacers

The Lost Ange­les Lak­ers ral­lied over the Indi­ana 109–94 Wednes­day, cour­tesy of Kobe Bryant who chipped in 31 points to enable the Lak­ers in dom­i­nat­ing the first half. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Los Ange­les Lak­ers were the clear favorite against Indi­ana among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the NBA lines at –4, Los Ange­les man­aged to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they rolled over the Pacers. The Lak­ers took a 59–37 lead at the end of the first half, as it pre­vented Indi­ana to... 

NHL Betting: Toronto Rally Over Edmonton

The Toronto Maple Leafs bested the Edmon­ton Oil­ers 4–1 Tues­day, as Phil Kessel and Kris Ver­steeg reg­is­tered a goal and an assist, apiece. Draw­ing around 65% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Edmon­ton Oil­ers, with the bet­ting lines at +113,  were the clear favorite against Toronto among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. How­ever, Edmon­ton turned out to be the cause of huge dis­ap­point­ment for the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Maple Leafs (-122). Dion Pha­neuf reg­is­tered his first goal of the sea­son, as Toronto took a 1–0 lead.... 

Detroit Topples NBA Betting Favorite Atlanta

Tracy McGrady chipped in 12 points with a stint of 3-pointers in the final min­utes of the game to rally the Detroit Pis­tons over the Atlanta Hawks, 103–80, on Tuesday. With around 75% of the NBA bet­ting action on their side, the Atlanta Hawks were the clear favorites against Detroit among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. Listed at –4 on the NBA bet­ting lines, Atlanta failed to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Pistons. McGrady scored 16 points, includ­ing four treys in the fourth period. Richard Hamil­ton con­tributed with... 

Drexel Overpowers NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Louisville

The Drexel Drag­ons posted a 52–46 win over the Louisville Car­di­nals on Tues­day, thanks to Ger­ald Colds who scored 20 points in Drag­ons surge. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Louisville Car­di­nals were the clear favorites against Drexel among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball bet­ting lines at –14.5, Louisville dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the under­dog Dragons. Samme Givens and Daryl McCoy scored on 10 rebounds each, for Drexel (7–1) who won their fifth game... 

MLB Betting: Phillies Sign Cliff Lee

Accord­ing to the lat­est reports from mul­ti­ple media sources, Cliff Lee, the esteemed free-agent pitcher, has signed a five year con­tract with the Philadel­phia Phillies. Speak­ing with a MLB bet­ting per­spec­tive, the MLB bet­ting odds of Philadel­phia are likely to improve with Lee join­ing them in the com­ing sea­son. Cur­rently, the Philadel­phia Phillies are the sec­ond favorite, with the bet­ting lines at +600, at Lines­Maker to suc­ceed in the 2011 World Series Cham­pi­onship. The top-favorite for the 2011 World Series are the New York Yan­kees with +250 odds. Appar­ently,... 

NHL Betting: Los Angeles Rally Past Betting Favorite Detroit

Jonathan Quick blocked 51 shots in a shutout per­for­mance to rally the Los Ange­les Kings to a 5–0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. Draw­ing around 80% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Detroit Red Wings were the clear favorites against Los Ange­les among the Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the NHL bet­ting lines at –172, Detroit turned out to be a huge dis­ap­point­ment for the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the under­dog Red Wings (+158). The Kings’ net­min­der dis­played a spec­tac­u­lar per­for­mance with career high 51 saves, includ­ing... 

Baltimore Overwhelms Houston in NFL Betting Matchup

The Bal­ti­more Ravens posted a 34–28 vic­tory over the Hous­ton Tex­ans on Mon­day, cour­tesy of Josh Wil­son who had a game-deciding touch­down after inter­cept­ing a Matt Schaub pass in overtime. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NFL bet­ting action, the Bal­ti­more Ravens were the clear favorites against Hous­ton among the Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the NFL bet­ting lines at –3, Bal­ti­more lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Texans. Wil­son grabbed the ball for a score with 11:15 remain­ing in the over­time,... 

NBA Betting: Orlando Beats Los Angeles

The Orlando Magic ended its four-game los­ing streak by defeat­ing the Los Ange­les Clip­pers 94–85 on Sun­day, as Dwight Howard pulled in 22 points and all five Magic starters scored in dou­ble figures. Attract­ing around 60% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Orlando Magic were the clear favorites to win against Los Ange­les among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA bet­ting lines set at –7.5, the Magic proved to be a prof­itable pick for the major­ity of bet­tors as they defeated the Clippers. Howard com­pleted 8-of-11 passes from the field with seven rebounds, while Jameer Nel­son... 

NFL Betting: New England Topples Chicago

The New Eng­land Patri­ots posted a 36–7 vic­tory over the Chicago Bears on Sun­day, cour­tesy of Tom Brady who con­nected on a pair of touch­down passes. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NFL bet­ting action, the New Eng­land Patri­ots were the clear favorites against Chicago among the Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the NFL bet­ting lines at –3, New Eng­land delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing Chicago. Hit­ting Rob Gron­howski for a 7-yard score, Brady capped off a 26-point with a 59-yard touch­down to Deion Branch in sec­ond period. Brady fin­ished...