2011 January at LinesMaker

New York Tops NFL Betting Favorite New England

Mark Sanchez had three touch­down passes to rally the New York Jets over the New Eng­land Patri­ots to a 28–21 win on Sunday. Attract­ing around 55% of the NFL bet­ting action, the New Eng­land Patri­ots were the clear favorites against New York among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NFL lines at –9.5, New Eng­land turned out to be a cause of huge dis­ap­point­ment for the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Jets. Sanchez found LaDain­ian Tom­lin­son and Bray­lon Edwards for scor­ing strikes in the sec­ond period to help the Jets advance to the AFC Cham­pi­onship... 

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Edmonton Knocks Off NHL Betting Favorite San Jose

The Edmon­ton Oil­ers posted a 5–2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thurs­day, cour­tesy of Devan Dub­nyk who pre­vented all San Jose Goals until the until the third period. With around 70% of the NHL bet­ting action on their side, the San Jose Sharks were the clear favorites against Edmon­ton among Lines­Maker bet­tors. How­ever San Jose, who had –216 NHL odds, failed to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Oil­ers (+198). Mak­ing his 12th start of the sea­son, Dub­nyk made 41 saves to help Edmon­ton snatch a 3–0 lead enter­ing... 

Minnesota Downs NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Purdue

Al Nolen ral­lied No. 25 Min­nesota Golden Gophers over the No. 8 Pur­due Boil­er­mak­ers to a 70–67 vic­tory on Thursday. Attract­ing almost 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Pur­due Boil­er­mak­ers were the clear favorites against Min­nesota among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –3, Pur­due dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors by los­ing to the Golden Gophers. Nolen scored on a 3-pointer with 3:19 to play, the last score for each team. The Boil­er­mak­ers missed six shots in the last 3 min­utes, includ­ing five... 

San Antonio Delights NBA Betting Fans by Beating Milwaukee

The San Anto­nio Spurs over­pow­ered the Mil­wau­kee Bucks 91–84 Wednes­day, as Manu Gino­bili led a surge in the fourth frame. With over 80% of the NBA bet­ting action enthu­si­asts wager­ing on their side, the San Anto­nio Spurs were the clear favorites against Mil­wau­kee among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –3 on NBA lines, San Anto­nio rejoiced the major­ity of bet­tors by down­ing the Bucks. The Bucks man­aged to pull in just 33 points in the last two quar­ters, with only two points in a 6 min­utes stretch in the last period. San Anto­nio took a 9 point lead... 

Anaheim Overwhelms St. Louis in NHL Betting

The Ana­heim Ducks posted a 7–4 win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednes­day, cour­tesy of Bobby Ryan who com­pleted his career’s third hat trick. Attract­ing around 70% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Ana­heim Ducks were the clear favorites against St. Louis to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With –130 NHL odds, Ana­heim delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Blues (+120). Ryan accounted for two of three goals for Ana­heim in the first period. How­ever, David Backes scored on a pair of scored in the sec­ond to help St. Louis to comeback. Enter­ing the third... 

Penn State Overpowers NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Illinois

The Penn State Nit­tany Lions rolled past the 16th ranked Illi­nois Fight­ing Illini to a 57–55 win on Tues­day, cour­tesy of Talor Bat­tle who scored 26 points. Attract­ing around 70% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, Illi­nois was the favorite to win against Penn State among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NCAA bas­ket­ball lines at –4, Illini failed to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Nit­tany Lions. 17 of Battle’s 26 points were scored in the sec­ond half, putting up a missed shot in the clos­ing sec­onds that... 

Toronto Pasts NHL Betting Favorite San Jose

Carl Gun­nars­son scored the deci­sive goal in the third period on Tues­day in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4–2 past­ing of San Jose. Draw­ing almost 65% of the NHL bet­ting action, the San Jose Sharks were the clear favorites against Toronto among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Hav­ing –199 NHL odds, San Jose dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors by los­ing to the Maple Leafs (+182). Gun­nars­son had a tip-in goal with 9:50 remain­ing in reg­u­la­tion, break­ing a 2–2 tie as Toronto clutched its fifth win in six games. This game marked the 600th career vic­tory of Toronto... 

San Antonio Topples Minnesota in NBA Betting Action

Manu Gino­bili chipped in with 19 points to rally the San Anto­nio Spurs over the Min­nesota Tim­ber­wolves, 107–96, on Tuesday. Attract­ing around 70% of the NBA bet­ting action, the San Anto­nio Spurs were the clear favorites against Min­nesota among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –6, San Anto­nio rejoiced the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Timberwolves. Richard Jef­fer­son con­tributed with 17 points for the Spurs, who reg­is­tered their 16th straight vic­tory over the Timberwolves. Tim Dun­can added 16 points for the Spurs in their third con­sec­u­tive... 

Charlotte Topples NBA Betting Favorite Memphis

The Char­lotte Bob­cats ral­lied over the Mem­phis Griz­zlies 96–82 Mon­day, thanks to Stephen Jack­son who scored 27 points. Draw­ing around 65% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Mem­phis Griz­zlies were the clear favorites against Char­lotte among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –3.5, Mem­phis failed to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the under­dog Bobcats. With their third straight win, the Bob­cats improved to –0 on their three-game home­s­tand. D.J. Augustin struck for 18 points with nine assists in the win....