Nick Giffen

Nick Giffen

Nick Giffen
Role
Predictive Analyst
Experience
10 years
Total Bets
2.8K
Followers
55.9K

Nick Giffen's Picks

Today
Pending
Ricky Stenhouse +5000
Ambetter Health 400
0.05u
#RunningHot
84
13
Alex Bowman +3000
Ambetter Health 400
0.1u
#RunningHot
79
9
Ricky Stenhouse +250 (Top 10)
Ambetter Health 400
0.6u
#RunningHot
70
10
Ricky Stenhouse +800 (Top 5)
Ambetter Health 400
0.25u
#RunningHot
69
10
Ricky Stenhouse +1600 (Top 3)
Ambetter Health 400
0.1u
#RunningHot
64
7
Alex Bowman +900 (Top 3)
Ambetter Health 400
0.25u
#RunningHot
69
7
Alex Bowman +400 (Top 5)
Ambetter Health 400
0.5u
#RunningHot
73
8
NASCAR Atlanta: C. Lajoie Most Fastest Laps+6500
0.1u
3
1
NASCAR Atlanta: D. Suarez Most Fastest Laps+6500
0.1u
2
1
NASCAR Atlanta: J. Berry Most Fastest Laps+6500
0.1u
2
1
NASCAR Atlanta: R. Preece Most Fastest Laps+6500
0.1u
1
1
NASCAR Atlanta: SVG Most Fastest Laps+6500
0.1u
1
1
NASCAR Atlanta: Z. Smith Most Fastest Laps+6500
0.1u
1
1
NASCAR Atlanta: R. Herbst Most Fastest Laps+6500
0.1u
1
1
NASCAR Atlanta: C. Custer Most Fastest Laps+6500
0.1u
1
1
IndyCar at St. Petersburg: C. Lundgaaard to Win+2500
0.25u
https://www.actionnetwork.com/motor-sports/firestone-grand-prix-of-st-petersburg-picks-prediction-expert-christian-lundgaard-bet
21
7
IndyCar at St. Petersburg: C. Lundgaaard Top 3 Finish+700
1u
https://www.actionnetwork.com/motor-sports/firestone-grand-prix-of-st-petersburg-picks-prediction-expert-christian-lundgaard-bet
14
6
K. Larson over 4.5 wins-135
1.35u
#RunningHot victory lane pick
12
5
Toyota over 9.5 wins-130
1.3u
#RunningHot
7
5
Front Row Motorsports under 0.5 wins+115
1u
#RunningHot
6
3
Futures
Past Performance
Yesterday0-0-00%
0.00u
Last 7 Days4-24-014%
12.75u
Last 30 Days20-70-022%
6.96u
All Time962-1827-1934%
258.59u
Top Leagues
NCAAB377-288-856%
113.37u
NFL362-557-839%
92.40u
NASCAR181-885-217%
42.69u
NHL3-1-075%
3.57u
World Cup13-26-033%
1.18u
Women's World Cup1-4-020%
-0.95u
MLB2-4-033%
-1.71u
European Championship17-49-125%
-3.47u

Summary

Nick Giffen is a predictive analyst at Action Network and is the creator of the NFL Luck Rankings. He also hosts Bet What Happens Live! on Action Network’s YouTube channel during the NFL season, and co-hosts Running Hot, Action’s auto racing podcast.

Aside from the NFL, Nick uses his projection models to specialize in NASCAR betting and DFS, NCAA basketball player props, and projections for top soccer tournaments.

Experience

After getting his Ph.D. in mathematics, Nick worked in the biotechnology industry as a data analyst, working with large data sets to optimize corn to ethanol production. During that time, he also wrote about fantasy football and fantasy NASCAR for RotoViz. 

In 2016, he became a co-owner of RotoViz. Since then, Giffen has worked as a freelancer with FantasyLabs and the Action Network, before being hired as a full-time predictive analyst at Action in early 2022.

At Action, Giffen has developed in-game player prop models to live bet the NFL, which he uses on his show, Bet What Happens Live! He also pioneered Action's Luck Rankings, which have been used to bet NFL sides and totals successfully. 

Giffen frequently appears on several of Action's shows to talk NFL and college basketball, and he is a co-host of Running Hot, Action's motorsports betting podcast.

Education

Giffen graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. He earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from N.C. State.

Betting Highlights
Favorite Bet of All-Time
I bet on my favorite driver Kyle Kirkwood at 20-1 to win the Long Beach Grand Prix. I went to the race and watched him win it in person for his first career IndyCar win. It was the first time I watched him race an IndyCar in person, so I'm officially his good luck charm.
Specialties
  • NASCAR Expert
  • NFL Luck Rankings
  • NCAAB Player Props