2011 January at BetLM

Toronto Overwhelms NHL Betting Favorite Los Angeles

Niko­lai Kulemin reg­is­tered a go-ahead goal in third-period to rally the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Los Ange­les Kings to a 3–2 win on Monday. With around 75% of the NHL bet­ting action on their side, the Los Ange­les Kings were the clear favorites against Toronto among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Hav­ing –187 NHL odds, Los Ange­les dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors by suc­cumb­ing to a loss at the hands of the Maple Leafs (+172). Mikhail Grabovski shot within 5 min­utes enter­ing the final period, which was turned in a rebound by Kulemin to help Toronto face a 6-on-4... 

NCAA Football Betting: Auburn Beats Oregon in BCS Championship Game

No. 2 Auburn reg­is­tered a 22–19 vic­tory over the No. 1 Ore­gon Ducks on Mon­day, cour­tesy of Wes Byrum who scored on a 19-yard field goal in the last minute to give the Tigers the National Championship. Attract­ing around 60% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, the Auburn Tigers, with col­lege foot­ball lines at +1, were the favorites against Ore­gon among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. Auburn gave the major­ity of bet­tors a chance to cel­e­brate as it defeated the point favorite Oregon. Michael Dyer kicked a 37-yard run, the win­ning kick of the BCS... 

Nevada Downs Boston College in NCAA Football Betting

No. 15 Nevada posted an impres­sive 20–13 vic­tory over Boston Col­lege, cour­tesy of Rishard Matthews who grabbed a touch­down pass while scor­ing on a punt return in the Fight Hunger Bowl on Sunday. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, Nevada was the clear favorite against Boston Col­lege among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege foot­ball lines at –7.5, Nevada delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by ral­ly­ing over Boston College. Find­ing Matthews on a 27-yard scor­ing strike, Colin Kaeper­nick tied the game 7–7 in the first quar­ter.... 

NFL Betting Favorite Baltimore Topples Kansas City

Joe Flacco scored on a pair of touch­down passes to rally the Bal­ti­more Ravens over Kansas City, 30–7, on Sun­day in an AFC wild card play­off game. The Ravens scored 27 straight points to seal the win. With nearly 75% of the NFL bet­ting action on their side, the Bal­ti­more Ravens were the clear favorite against Kansas City among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –3 on the NFL lines, Bal­ti­more lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Chiefs. Flacco com­pleted 25-of-34 passes through the air for 265 yards with­out any inter­cep­tion.... 

Sacramento Downs NBA Betting Favorite Denver

Tyreke Evans ral­lied the Sacra­mento Kings over the Den­ver Nuggets to a 122–102 vic­tory, with a solid shoot­ing per­for­mance on Thursday. With more than 70% of the NBA bet­ting action on their side, the Den­ver Nuggets were the clear favorites against Sacra­mento among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this game. Listed at –5 on NBA bet­ting lines, Den­ver failed to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Kings. Reg­is­ter­ing their eight win of the sea­son, Sacra­mento has the fewest wins in the league along with Wash­ing­ton and... 

Buffalo Overpowers NHL Betting Favorite San Jose

Ryan Miller made 36 saves that boosted the Buf­falo Sabres to a 3–0 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thurs­day. This game marked Miller’s third shutout of the sea­son, and 20th of eight-year NHL career with Buffalo. Draw­ing around 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the San Jose Sharks were the clear favorites against Buf­falo among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Hav­ing –160 NHL odds, San Jose dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Sabres (+147). Luke Adam and Jochen Hecht both reg­is­tered a goal in the first period for the Sabres. Thomas Vanek, who had his 16th... 

NCAA Football Betting: Miami (Ohio) Tops Point Favorite Middle Tennessee

Miami (Ohio) inter­cepted four passes to rally over the Mid­dle Ten­nessee Blue Raiders 35–21 Thurs­day, even as Thomas Mer­ri­weather reg­is­tered two scor­ing runs in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. Attract­ing nearly 65% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, Miami (Ohio), with bet­ting lines at +1.5, was the favorite against Mid­dle Ten­nessee among major­ity of Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. The Red­Hawks delighted its sup­port­ers by defeat­ing the point favorite Mid­dle Tennessee. Dwight Dasher, the Blue Raiders quar­ter­back, threw for 162 yards and stacked... 

New Jersey Defeats NBA Betting Favorite Chicago

The New Jer­sey Nets posted a 96–94 vic­tory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednes­day, cour­tesy of Sasha Vujacic who hit a jumper with 5.3 sec­onds left to play. Draw­ing around 80% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Chicago Bulls were the hot favorites against New Jer­sey among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA bet­ting lines at –5, Chicago turned out to be the cause of huge dis­ap­point­ment for the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the under­dog Nets. The Nets had a 13 points lead in the fourth quar­ter, before C.J. Wat­son scored on a pair of free throws for Chicago... 

Vancouver Beats Calgary in the Battle of NHL Odds

Roberto Luongo reg­is­tered 43 saves with a shutout in the last minute of the game to rally the Van­cou­ver Canucks over the Cal­gary Flames to a 3–1 win on Wednesday. With around 70% of the NHL bet­ting action on their side, the Van­cou­ver Canucks were the clear favorites against Cal­gary to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Hav­ing –199 NHL odds, Van­cou­ver delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by dom­i­nat­ing the Flames (+182). This was Luongo’s 19th win of the sea­son, while Van­cou­ver has won all but one, lost in reg­u­la­tion, out of the 17 games played since... 

NCAA Basketball Betting Fans Rejoice as Purdue Downs Penn State

No. 10 Pur­due rolled past the Penn State Nit­tany Lions 83–68 on Wednes­day, cour­tesy of Ryne Smith who chipped in with career-best 20 points while com­plet­ing 5-of-5 from 3-point range. Attract­ing around 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Pur­due Boil­er­mak­ers were the clear favorites against Penn State among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball bet­ting lines at –6, Pur­due gave the major­ity of bet­tors a chance to cel­e­brate as they defeated the Nit­tany Lions. Lewis Jack­son scored 17 points for the Boil­er­mak­ers, who...