Nick Giffen

Role

Predictive Analyst

Experience

10 years

Total Bets

3.2K

Followers

127.9K

Nick Giffen's Picks

Today

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest 2025: Winner Without Joey Chestnut - J. Webb+400

0.5u

+400 is long. Have closer to 3-1 from this year's data

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest 2025: P. Bertoletti under 54.5 HDBs Eaten-112

Dense buns

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest 2025: Winner Without Joey Chestnut - G. Esper+300

0.5u

youtu.be/nyeaHRr6pt8

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest 2025: M. Sudo over N. Wehry+115

0.5u

Gave +130 on pod, line moved...good to +105 youtu.be/nyeaHRr6pt8

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest 2025: M. Sudo +1.5 Dogs vs. N. Wehry-115

0.58u

youtu.be/nyeaHRr6pt8

Pending

Zane Smith +165 vs Chris Buescher

Grant Park 165

#RunningHot

Ty Gibbs +220 (Top 5)

Grant Park 165

#RunningHot

IndyCar at Mid-Ohio: C. Lundgaard to Win+1200

0.5u

Runner up to palou at the best comp (barber) and was 7th and 4th here last 2 years in inferior equipment than now

K. Larson over 4.5 wins-135

1.35u

#RunningHot victory lane pick

Toyota over 9.5 wins-130

1.3u

#RunningHot

Front Row Motorsports under 0.5 wins+115

#RunningHot

Futures

Past Performance
Yesterday	0-0-0	0%	0.00u
Last 7 Days	4-18-0	18%	2.52u
Last 30 Days	14-58-0	19%	1.64u
All Time	1061-2103-19	33%	246.58u

Top Leagues
NCAAB	419-344-8	54%	102.60u
NFL	362-557-8	39%	92.40u
NASCAR	218-1073-2	17%	30.76u
NHL	3-1-0	75%	3.57u
World Cup	13-26-0	33%	1.18u
FORMULA_ONE	0-1-0	0%	-0.50u
NASCAR_XFINITY	0-1-0	0%	-0.50u
Women's World Cup	1-4-0	20%	-0.95u
MLB	2-4-0	33%	-1.71u
European Championship	17-49-1	25%	-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.

On Social

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