Shawn Wronka

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7+ years experience

Betting Analyst

7+ years experience

Shawn Wronka is an analytics-based sports bettor who was drawn to analytics at an early age via the stats on the back of sports cards. He began sports betting in 2016, and took an immediate interest in UFC before finding his way towards other major sports.

After years of casual betting, he took an interest in the numbers-based approach and specialized in learning and applying those techniques to niche markets such as player props, the NFL and NBA drafts, and F1. Shawn finds writing a good way to balance the time he spends on numbers, giving him an outlet to paint quantitative edges into qualitative narratives.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his work has been seen in dozens of publications including the National Post, Financial Post, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, and The Province.

Favorites

Team: Milwaukee Bucks
Sport to bet on: NFL
Sports movie: Rounders
Sports snack: Flamin' Hot Cheetos
Covers feature: Players props odds page

During my hardcore UFC betting days I would sit and watch hours of past fights to analyze matchups, and then a buddy and I would share notes and put together our bets for a card. I told him that after watching Holly Holm that I was convinced she was being undervalued at +2,000 against Ronda Rousey. It was a large bet for me at the time, and the rest is history.

Best Betting Memory

The Super Bowl has been a heartbreaker for me lately. In Super Bowl LVI featuring the Rams and Bengals, I had a good amount of money on Tee Higgins Super Bowl MVP at +5,000, and he had the Bengals' only two touchdowns and was likely going to win the award if the Bengals had won. Of course it came down to the final play, and Joe Burrow infamously missed a wide open Ja'Marr Chase that would have won Cincinnati the game. The following year I had Devonta Smith to get 100+ yards and a touchdown, and he had 10 yards of open field in front of him but his momentum carried him out of bounds instead of into the end zone.

Worst Beat