Nick Giffen

Nick Giffen
Role
Predictive Analyst
Experience
10 years
Total Bets
1.9K
Followers
21.8K

Nick Giffen's Picks

Today
Pending
Goodyear 400: C. Buescher Finishing Position over 11.5-115
1.15u
Note to staff: don't grade this yet, this is for the upcoming race.
7
5
Joey Logano +4000
Goodyear 400
0.25u
Superbook. Good to 30
42
10
Michael McDowell +600 (Top 10)
Goodyear 400
0.33u
@GreenDotDaily
52
8
Indianapolis 500 Winner: Linus Lundqvist+7500
0.75u
34
15
Denny Hamlin over 2.5 wins+130
1u
At Superbook
37
18
Chase Elliott over 1.5 wins-120
1.2u
At Superbook
20
14
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Champion: Ross Chastain+2200
0.25u
#RunningHot
74
19
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Winning Team: Joe Gibbs Racing+200
1u
#RunningHot
40
15
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Champion: Ross Chastain +3000
0.25u
SuperBook
19
9
Futures
Past Performance
Yesterday0-0-00%
0.00u
Last 7 Days2-17-011%
-10.65u
Last 30 Days9-42-018%
-14.07u
All Time679-1186-1136%
234.09u
Top Leagues
NCAAB339-258-556%
104.30u
NASCAR141-620-218%
84.95u
NFL180-274-439%
42.50u
NHL3-0-0100%
3.82u
World Cup13-26-033%
1.18u
Women's World Cup1-4-020%
-0.95u
MLB2-3-040%
-1.46u

Summary

Nick Giffen works as a predictive analyst and is the creator of The Action Network's NFL Luck Rankings. He also hosts an NFL live betting show. Aside from the NFL, Giffen uses his projection models to specialize in NASCAR betting and DFS, as well as NCAA basketball player props.

Experience

After getting his Ph.D. in mathematics, Giffen 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