2010 December at LinesMaker

Navy Victory in NCAA Football Betting Battle Against Army

The Navy Mid­ship­men ral­lied over the Army Black Knights 31–17 on Sat­ur­day, as Ricky Dobbs threw a pair of touch­down passes despite turn­ing the ball over four times. Draw­ing nearly 70% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, the Navy Mid­ship­men were the clear favorites against Army among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this match. With the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting lines at –7.5, Navy pleased the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing Army. Dobbs fin­ishes 6-of-11 passes for 186 yards with an inter­cep­tion and 20 car­ries for 54 yards. This was ninth straight win for... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Temple Upsets Betting Favorite Georgetown

The Tem­ple Owls rolled past the No. 9 George­town Hoyas 68–65 Thurs­day, thanks to Lavoy Allen and Rahlir Jef­fer­son who had a rebound and two free throws respec­tively in the final seconds. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the George­town Hoyas were the clear favorites against Tem­ple with Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the sports bet­ting lines at –2, George­town dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they suc­cumbed to a loss at the hands of the under­dog Owls. Ramone Moore chipped in 30 points, his career-best, for the Owls (6–2).... 

NHL Betting: Boston Overpowers New York

aThe Boston Bru­ins posted a 5–2 vic­tory over the New York Islanders on Thurs­day, cour­tesy of Milan Lucic who ini­ti­ated the scor­ing and accounted for one of the two empty-net goals for Boston. Draw­ing nearly 80% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Boston Bru­ins were the clear favorites against New York among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NHL bet­ting lines at –249, Boston man­aged to meet the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by beat­ing the Islanders (+227). Tuukka Rask was tagged with the win for mak­ing 33 saves. Lucic com­pleted 15 goals in this sea­son... 

NFL Betting: Indianapolis Overwhelms Tennessee, Fails to Cover Point Spread

Pey­ton Man­ning threw two touch­down passes to help the Indi­anapo­lis Colts rally over the Ten­nessee Titans, 30–28, on Wednesday. Indi­anapo­lis was very relieved by this win as they were on the verge of miss­ing the play­offs for the first time in nine years, after los­ing three con­sec­u­tive games,.  Man­ning fin­ished 25-of-35 passes for 319 yards with no inter­cep­tions in the vic­tory. Appar­ently, in the last three losses, Man­ning strug­gled with 11 inter­cep­tions, includ­ing four returned for touchdowns. Attract­ing nearly 85% of the NFL bet­ting action,... 

NBA Betting: Memphis Overwhelm Betting Favorites

The Mem­phis Griz­zlies rolled past the Phoenix Suns 104–98 Wednes­day, as Zach Ran­dolph hit a four-pointer in overtime. Ran­dolph dis­played a spec­tac­u­lar per­for­mance as he hit 15-of-19 from the field and scored 34 points with 17 rebounds. Gay con­tributed with 22 points in the win. Draw­ing almost 70% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Phoenix Suns were the clear favorites against Mem­phis among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this con­test. With the NBA bet­ting lines at –3.5, Phoenix turned out to be the cause of huge dis­ap­point­ment for the major­ity of bet­tors... 

NHL Betting: Montreal Bests Ottawa

The Mon­treal Cana­di­ens top­pled the Ottawa Sen­a­tors 4–1 Tuesday,as Jeff Halpern assisted Carey Price in mak­ing 27 saves with a go-ahead goal in third period. Draw­ing about 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Mon­treal Cana­di­ens were the clear favorites against Ottawa to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NHL bet­ting lines at –158, Mon­treal delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by ral­ly­ing over the Senators. Brian Gionta scored on a goal with an assist in the in. Roman Ham­r­lik and Michael Cam­mal­leri also tal­lied for the Cana­di­ens, who emerged... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Purdue Ousts Valparaiso

No.18 Pur­due Boil­er­mak­ers ral­lied to a 76–58 vic­tory over the Val­paraiso Cru­saders on Tues­day, cour­tesy of E’Twaun Moore who scored 23 points. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Pur­due Boil­er­mak­ers were the clear favorites against Val­paraiso among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball bet­ting lines at –7, Pur­due lived up to the expec­ta­tions of most bet­tors by defeat­ing the Crusaders. Lead­ing a line of four Pur­due starters in dou­ble fig­ures, Moore com­pleted 8-of-15 shots from the field... 

NCAA Football Betting: Pitt Coach Steps Down

Accord­ing to the lat­est NCAA foot­ball bet­ting news, Dave Wannst­edt, Pitt’s head foot­ball coach, stepped down from his post on Tues­day afternoon. Appar­ently the Pitts­burgh Pan­thers, who were the hot favorites in the Big East enter­ing the col­lege foot­ball sea­son, have slipped to 7–5. Cur­rently, Pitts­burgh has 75 to 1 odds to win the 2011 BCS national cham­pi­onship game at LinesMaker. The Pan­thers lost at home to West Vir­ginia and suf­fered a blowout by break­ing their two-game lead in a sea­son that was con­sid­ered to be a bet­ter one for them. Frank... 

NBA Betting: Miami Defeats Milwaukee

Dwyane Wade scored 25 points with 14 rebounds to help the Miami Heat rally over the Mil­wau­kee Bucks, 88–78, on Monday. Attract­ing around 75% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Miami Heat were the clear favorites against Mil­wau­kee among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the NBA bet­ting lines at –5, Miami lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they ousted the Bucks. Car­los Arroyo chipped in 18 points for the Heat. LeBron James struck for 17 points and col­lected six rebounds for Miami, who are suc­cess­fully com­ing off a rough start to... 

NFL Betting: New England Trounce New York Jets

The New Eng­land Patri­ots thrashed the New York Jets 45–3 Mon­day, thanks to Tom Brady and Ben­Jarvus Green-Ellis, who threw four touch­down passes and rushed for a pair of scores, likewise. Draw­ing nearly 65% of the NFL bet­ting action, the New Eng­land Patri­ots were the clear favorites against New York among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this con­test. With the NFL bet­ting lines at –4, New Eng­land pleased the major­ity of bet­tors with a rout of the Jets. Brady com­pleted 21-of-29 passes for 326 yards with­out any inter­cep­tion, as he scored by strik­ing Wes Welker,...