2010 December at LinesMaker

MMA Betting: Brookins Claim Ultimate Fighter Title

Jonathan Brookins defeated Michael John­son in the Sea­son Twelve Finale in Las Vegas to become the Ulti­mate Fighter on Saturday. Lines­Maker had Brookins as the favorite to win the title with –225 odds. On the other hand, John­son was listed at +185 odds to win the fight. Even though Brookins strug­gled in the first-round, but he went on to over­power John­son in the last two rounds on the ground. John­son man­aged to fend off sin­gle leg take­down attempt by Brookins in the first round, and tagged him with a short left to drop Brookins to the mat who sur­vived heavy beating. Brookins... 

NFL Betting: New Orleans Rally Over Cincinnati

Drew Brees con­nected with Mar­ques Col­ston to reg­is­ter a touch­down in last 31 sec­onds of the game, as the New Orleans Saints over­whelmed the Cincin­nati Ben­gals 34–30 Sunday. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NFL bet­ting action, the New Orleans Saints were the clear favorites against Cincin­nati among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the NFL bet­ting lines at –6.5, New Orleans delighted the major­ity of bet­tors as they defeated the Bengals. New Orleans (9–3), trail­ing by three points, took con­trol of their own 32-yard line with 4:20 min­utes remain­ing... 

NCAA Football Betting: Arizona State Rally Over Arizona

The Ari­zona State Sun Dev­ils over­whelmed the Ari­zona Wild­cats, 30–29 on Thurs­day, as the Sun Dev­ils pre­vented extra point attempts at the end of reg­u­la­tion and the sec­ond overtime. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, the Ari­zona Wild­cats were the clear favorites against Ari­zona State among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the bet­ting lines at –4, Ari­zona dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Sun Devils. With this win, the Sun Dev­ils have enhanced its poten­tials in the bowl as it improved to 6–6 over­all,... 

NFL Betting: Philadelphia Thrashes Houston

The Philadel­phia Eagles ral­lied to a 34–24 win over the Hous­ton Tex­ans on Thurs­day, thanks to Michael Vick who scored two touch­downs in fourth quarter. Fin­ish­ing 22-of-33 passes for 302 yards with two scores, Vick ran for 48 yards while car­ry­ing the ball 10 times. Attract­ing nearly 55% of the NFL bet­ting action, the Hous­ton Tex­ans, with bet­ting lines at +8.5, were the clear favorites against Philadel­phia among most Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. How­ever, Hous­ton failed to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by... 

NHL Betting: Washington Ousts St. Louis

Semyon Var­lamov per­mit­ted just one goal in the sec­ond to help the Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals rally over St. Louis Blues, 4–1, on Wednesday. Attract­ing nearly 65% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals were the clear favorites against St. Louis among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. With the bet­ting lines at –123, Wash­ing­ton delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by down­ing the Blues (+114). Inter­est­ingly, Wash­ing­ton have lost eight con­sec­u­tive games in St. Louis, their last win was 14 years ago. Nick­las Back­strom net­ted two... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Memphis Wins, Fails to Cover Point Spread

No. 15 Mem­phis State over­whelmed Arkansas State 78–71 Wednes­day, cour­tesy of Joe Jack­son who chipped in half his 10 points in overtime. Draw­ing around 75% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, Mem­phis were the clear favorites against Arkansas State among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this match. With the bet­ting lines at –17.5, the Tigers upset the major­ity of bet­tors as they failed to cover the point spread. Arkansas State played hard to force and extra period, after it trailed by 18 points with 8:30 min­utes remain­ing in the first half. Daniel Bryant man­aged... 

NBA Betting: Memphis Upsets Betting Favorite Los Angeles

The Mem­phis Griz­zlies posted a 98–96 vic­tory over the Los Ange­les Lak­ers on Tues­day, cour­tesy of Mike Con­ley and Rudy Gay, who scored 28 points and blocked a pos­si­ble game-winning shot, respectively. Draw­ing about 70% of the NBA bet­ting action, Lines­Maker bet­tors had the Los Ange­les Lak­ers as the clear favorites against Mem­phis. With the NBA bet­ting lines at –5.5, the Lak­ers turned out to be a huge dis­ap­point­ment as they lost to the under­dog Grizzlies. Gay scored 14 points with six blocks, includ­ing the last one when the Lak­ers’ Ron Artest... 

NHL Betting: Chicago Outlasts St. Louis

The Chicago Black­hawks posted a 7–5 vic­tory over St. Louis on Tues­day, cour­tesy of Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews as they both scored a pair of goals. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Chicago Black­hawks were the clear favorites against St. Louis among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With NHL bet­ting lines at –152, Chicago pleased the major­ity of bet­tors by oust­ing the Blues (+140). Tomas Kopecky had a goal and three assists, while Patrick Sharp and Troy Brouwer also con­tributed by scor­ing for the Blackhawks. Corey Craw­ford was cred­ited for this win...