Nick Giffen

Nick Giffen

1243 Posts
Nick Giffen
1243 Posts
Role
Senior Predictive Analyst
Experience
10 years
Total Bets
4.3K
Followers
359.6K

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.

Specialties

  • NASCAR Expert
  • NFL Luck Rankings
  • NCAAB Player Props
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Nick Giffen's Picks

Today
97
15
Pending
C. Hocevar over C. Elliott+155
Cracker Barrel 400
1u
#RunningHot
45
13
Z. Smith over D. Suarez+100
Cracker Barrel 400
1u
Also at DK Hat tip action discord. I have Zane favored 60/40
32
9
AJ Allmendinger +125 (Top 10)
Anduril 250
1u
45
10
Connor Zilisch -125 (Top 5)
Anduril 250
1.25u
51
11
Futures
Past Performance
Yesterday1-3-025%
-0.85u
Last 7 Days10-33-023%
-3.76u
Last 30 Days22-78-022%
1.54u
All Time1396-2841-2233%
309.80u
Top Leagues
NFL546-866-1138%
105.38u
NCAAB467-405-853%
97.66u
NASCAR294-1364-218%
84.63u
NHL4-1-080%
4.69u
FORMULA_ONE0-1-00%
-0.50u
NASCAR_XFINITY0-1-00%
-0.50u
Women's World Cup1-4-020%
-0.95u
MLB2-4-033%
-1.71u
World Cup23-52-031%
-2.68u
European Championship17-49-125%
-3.47u
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.