2011 February at BetLM

Hoops, Nascar, Jackpots and More

The NFL sea­son has finally come to an end… The great news is that Lines­Maker brings you action on all major sport­ing events, with a few big ones com­ing up in the fol­low­ing weeks: Nascar Bud­weiser Shootout Prior to the Day­tona 500, the annual Nascar Bud­weiser Shooutout will be tak­ing place this Sat­ur­day Feb. 12th at 20:00 ET. Odds are already avail­able so make sure to check out who the favorite is to take this clas­sic race down. Over 700,000 Rea­sons to Visit Lines­Maker Casino Thou­sands of play­ers get paid every month at our flash and down­load casino. ... 

New York Islanders Tops NHL Betting Favorite Montreal

Kyle Okposo accounted for the sin­gle shootout goal in the fourth round, as the New York Islanders rolled past the Mon­treal Cana­di­ans, 4–3 on Thursday. Draw­ing around 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Mon­treal Cana­di­ans were the clear favorites against New York among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NHL lines at –185, Mon­treal failed to delight the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Islanders (+170). Mikko Kosk­i­nen, the Islanders goal­tender, was tagged with the win for mak­ing 37 saves in his NHL debut for New York, which won their ninth game out of 28 on... 

Illinois Overwhelms NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Minnesota

The Illi­nois Fight­ing Illini dom­i­nated the No. 25 Min­nesota Golden Gophers on Thurs­day, thanks to Mike Davis and Demetri McCamey who pulled in 17 points each. Attract­ing around 70% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Min­nesota Golden Gophers were the clear favorites against Illi­nois to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –2, Min­nesota dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as it suc­cumbed to a loss at the hands of the under­dogs Fight­ing Illini. Blake Hof­far­ber scored on a layup with 7:28 remain­ing to help... 

NBA Betting: Dallas Downs Sacramento, Fails to Cover Spread

Jason Terry made two free throws in the last 4 sec­onds to com­plete 22 points, as the Dal­las Mav­er­icks ral­lied over the Sacra­mento Kings, 102–100 on Wednesday. Draw­ing around 85% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Dal­las Mav­er­icks were the clear favorites against Sacra­mento among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –5, Dal­las failed to delight the major­ity of bet­tors even after beat­ing the Kings, as it failed to cover the point-spread. Terry scored on foul shots to help Dal­las take a 4-point lead. The Mav­er­icks had a two-point lead through­out the... 

NHL Betting: Chicago Overpowers Edmonton

The Chicago Black­hawks rolled past the Edmon­ton Oil­ers 4–1 Wednes­day, as Corey Craw­ford had a shutout into the third and reg­is­tered 23 saves. Attract­ing almost 80% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Chicago Black­hawks were the clear favorites against Edmon­ton among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Hav­ing –168 NHL odds, Chicago delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Oil­ers (+155). Patrick Kane scored two times in the third period for Chicago, which had lost four out of five games ear­lier. Patrick Sharp and Bryan Bick­ell scored in the first and sec­ond period,... 

Kentucky Dominates NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Tennessee

The No. 18 Ken­tucky Wild­cats rolled past the Ten­nessee Vol­un­teers 73–61 Tues­day, while DeAn­dre Lig­gins and Josh Har­rell­son scored 19 and 16 points, apiece. With almost 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action on their side, the Ten­nessee Vol­un­teers, with col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at +8.5, were the favorites against Ken­tucky among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. How­ever, Ten­nessee dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the point-favorite Wildcats. Lig­gins poured in 11 of his points in the first half, includ­ing... 

NBA Betting: San Antonio Overwhelms Detroit, Fails to Cover Spread

Tony Parker and DeJuan Blair chipped in 19 and 18 points apiece, as the San Anto­nio Spurs ral­lied over the Detroit Pis­tons, 100–89, on Tuesday. Draw­ing around 75% of the NBA bet­ting action, the San Anto­nio Spurs were the clear favorites against Detroit among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –6.5, San Anto­nio did not meet the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors as they failed to cover the point spread. Parker had seven assists, while Blair hauled down 12 rebounds for the Spurs, who reg­is­tered their 14th win in 16 con­tests. Manu Gino­bili chipped... 

Buffalo Defeats NHL Betting Favorite Tampa Bay

The Buf­falo Sabres downed the Tampa Bay Light­ning 7–4 on Tues­day, cour­tesy of Drew Stafford and Thomas Vanek who scored thrice and pulled in two goals with an assists, respectively. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Tampa Bay Light­ning were the clear favorites against Buf­falo among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NHL lines at –128, Tampa Bay turned out to be the cause of huge dis­ap­point­ment for the major­ity of bet­tors after los­ing to the Sabres (+118). Buf­falo reg­is­tered five goals in a row to begin the third period, after lag­ging behind... 

NHL Betting: Vancouver Wins Over Ottawa

The Van­cou­ver Canucks dom­i­nated the Ottawa Sen­a­tors 4–2 Mon­day, thanks to Mikael Samuels­son who net­ted two goals with an assist to help improve the Canucks’ NHL-best record. With over 80% of the NHL bet­ting action on their side, the Van­cou­ver Canucks were the favorites to win against Ottawa among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Hav­ing –265 NHL odds, Van­cou­ver man­aged to live up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Sen­a­tors (+241). Samuels­son net­ted his first goal with just 2 min­utes into the sec­ond period, even as Van­cou­ver... 

Kansas Downs Missouri in NCAA Basketball Betting Action

Mar­cus Mor­ris scored 22 points with eight rebounds to ignite the second-ranked Kansas Jay­hawks to a 103–86 win over No. 20 Mis­souri on Monday. Draw­ing around 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Kansas Jay­hawks were the clear favorites against Mis­souri among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –10.5, Kansas rejoiced the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Tigers. Marki­eff Mor­ris, the twin brother, pulled in 16 points with seven boards for the Jay­hawks (23–1, 8–1 Big 12). Both the Mor­ris broth­ers col­lected 13-of-17...