Steve Makinen

As one of the original founders of StatFox, Steve Makinen has been in the business of sports betting and data analysis for almost 25 years now. In his time in the industry, Steve has worked in a variety of capacities on both sides of the betting counter, from his early days of developing the StatFox business, to almost a decade of oddsmaking consulting for one of the world's leading sportsbooks, to his last seven years as Point Spread Weekly and Analytics Director with VSiN. Steve has always believed that number crunching and handicapping through foundational trends and systems is the secret to success and he shares this data with VSiN readers on a daily basis for all of the major sports.

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Steve Makinen’s MLB Picks from Betting Splits and Systems for Wednesday, September 23

Today's MLB Betting Trends: The following MLB betting trends are a collection of analytical data, betting systems and strength ratings featured on VSiN and qualified...

Hollywood Casino 400 Predictions: Top 5 Picks and Best Long Shots

Hollywood Casino 400 Predictions: Top 5 Picks and Best Long Shots: It wasn’t a really exciting Bristol race from an aesthetics standpoint, but the postrace...

NFL Betting Systems to Avoid Traps in Week 3

NFL Betting Systems to Avoid Traps in Week 3: We have worked our way through two weeks of NFL betting, and it’s been an unusual...

Steve Makinen’s MLB Picks from Betting Splits and Systems for Tuesday, September 22

Today's MLB Betting Trends: The following MLB betting trends are a collection of analytical data, betting systems and strength ratings featured on VSiN and qualified...

Steve Makinen’s MLB Picks from Betting Splits and Systems for Monday, September 21

Today's MLB Betting Trends: The following MLB betting trends are a collection of analytical data, betting systems and strength ratings featured on VSiN and qualified...

Week 2 NFL Betting Splits Systems Update

Week 2 NFL Betting Splits Systems Update: NFL DK Betting Splits system #1: Over the past two seasons, when more than 68% of the handle...