2011 March at LinesMaker

NCAA Basketball Betting: Miami-Florida Tops Missouri State

The Miami (Fla.) Hur­ri­canes rolled past the Mis­souri State Bears 81–72 in a second-round NIT game on Mon­day, as Adrian Thomas poured in 14 points in sec­ond half. With nearly 70% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action on their side, the Miami (Fla.) Hur­ri­canes were the favorites against Mis­souri State among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –5 on col­lege bas­ket­ball lines, Miami-Florida lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Bears. Thomas scored all the points within 5 min­utes in the begin­ning of the sec­ond half for... 

Sports Lines Govern the Betting Enterprise

The sports lines gov­ern all sports wager­ing con­ducted in sports­book casino par­lors and in online sports­book gam­bling sites on the World Wide Web. The sports lines make the dif­fer­ence every day in the exchange of mil­lions of dol­lars between the bet­ting sites and the bet­ting public. Sports lines are the machi­na­tions by which the mas­ter odd­s­mak­ers hope to sep­a­rate the sports bet­ting investor from his money. Well, actu­ally it is the sports­book casino gam­bling par­lors and the online sports­book gam­bling sites in cyber­space who wish to per­form... 

Straight Bets Safest way to Bet

Straight bets are the safest and most pop­u­lar of the sports­books bet­ting method­olo­gies. While not as sophis­ti­cated as more recent meth­ods, straight bets allow the edu­cated gam­bler the best chance of max­i­miz­ing his knowl­edge of the sport bet odds. In today’s world, there are new and improved ways of doing things intro­duced to the pub­lic on a daily basis. We of today’s gen­er­a­tion take for granted things that our grand­par­ents never con­ceived. The emer­gence of the Inter­net has had a pro­found effect on how we con­duct our day-to-day busi­ness.... 

NBA Betting Favorite Memphis Downs Utah

The Mem­phis Griz­zlies reg­is­tered a 103–85 vic­tory over the Utah Jazz on Mon­day, thanks to Zach Ran­dolph who pulled in 19 points to help Mem­phis enhance their bid for a post-season berth. Draw­ing almost 60% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Mem­phis Griz­zlies were the clear favorites against Utah to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –8, Mem­phis delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Jazz. Ran­dolph had 13 rebounds for the Griz­zlies, who secured the eighth and final play­off posi­tion in the West­ern Con­fer­ence. Dar­rell... 

Pittsburgh Wins Over NHL Betting Favorite Detroit

James Neal scored in a shootout to spark the Pitts­burgh Pen­guins’ 5–4 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Detroit Red Wings were the clear favorites against Pitts­burgh among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NHL lines at –165, Detroit dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as it lost to the Pen­guins (+152). The Pen­guins won even after allow­ing Detroit to over­come a 4–0 deficit in the sec­ond, thanks to Neal’s wrist shot past Detroit’s Joey McDonald. Pas­cal Dupuis scored on a pair of goals and an assist... 

Milwaukee Tops NBA Betting Favorite New York

The Mil­wau­kee Bucks ral­lied over the New York Knicks 100–95 on Sun­day, even as Car­los Delfino scored on six 3-pointers on his way to 30 points. With almost 80% of the NBA bet­ting action on their side, the New York Knicks were the clear favorites against Mil­wau­kee among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –2, New York dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as it lost to the under­dog Bucks. Delfino hauled down 11 rebounds for Mil­wau­kee, which improved its home record to 19–17. John Salmons added 22 points in the win. Luc Mbah a Moute pulled in 19 points... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: VCU Rallies Over Points Favorite Purdue

Brad­ford Burgess poured in 23 points to spark the Vir­ginia Com­mon­wealth Rams’ 94–76 win over the Pur­due Boil­er­mak­ers on Sun­day in the NCAA tour­na­ment to move on to the Sweet 16. Attract­ing around 70% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, VCU, with col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at +9.5, were the favorites against Pur­due among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. Vir­ginia Com­mon­wealth lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Boilermakers. This was the third win of the Rams in five days, even though... 

NHL Betting Favorite Montreal Bests Minnesota

The Mon­treal Cana­di­ens posted an 8–1 win over the Min­nesota Wild on Sun­day, cour­tesy of P.K. Sub­ban who made his first career hat trick. With nearly 70% of the NHL bet­ting action on their side, the Mon­treal Cana­di­ens, with +101 NHL odds, were the favorites against Min­nesota among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. Mon­treal delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by ral­ly­ing over the Wild (-109). Sub­ban led Montreal’s largest offen­sive out­put of the game in his first full sea­son with the Cana­di­ens. Sub­ban assisted Ryan White who scored... 

Sports Gambling Students of the Game are Winners

Sports gam­bling is the most pop­u­lar of all leisure time activ­i­ties among the adult pop­u­la­tion through­out the world. Those sports bet­ting investors who make it a com­mon prac­tice to study the sports gam­bling line fluc­tu­a­tions and trends can do well for them­selves. In today’s soci­ety, the pace of our lives is so quick that we sel­dom have the time to take a deep breath and to rel­ish an activ­ity that we would dearly enjoy. In Europe the impor­tance of time off from one’s employ­ment is rec­og­nized as a neces­sity for a work atmos­phere that is... 

NBA Betting: New York Topples Memphis, Fails to Cover Spread

The New York Knicks bested the Mem­phis Griz­zlies 102–99 Thurs­day, even as Toney Dou­glas scored nine goals for a franchise-record 20 from 3-point territory. Attract­ing almost 80% of the NBA bet­ting action, the New York Knicks were the clear favorites against Mem­phis to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –5, New York dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors even after beat­ing the Griz­zlies, as it failed to cover the point spread. Dou­glas net­ted nine long-range field goals in 12 attempts and tied a team record.  He poured in 29 points for New York,...