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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    Forecasting Super Bowl LIX Score and Individual Stats Props

    Forecasting Super Bowl LIX Score and Individual Stats Props: The Super Bowl is the best time to take advantage of a ton of prop betting...

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    NBA Top Picks Based on Betting Splits, Power Ratings and Trends for Monday, February 3

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

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    Determining College Basketball’s True Road Court Performance: The other day, I released my annual study on True Home Court Advantage in college basketball. Some of...

    Determining College Basketball’s True Home Court Advantage

    Determining College Basketball's True Home Court Advantage: Every year, we get the loudest of college basketball “experts” proclaiming how hard it is to win games...