Mark Franco is back with VegasInsider.com for the 2005 football season. Many users will recall his dominating 2003 season, when he led VI loyalists to profit galore on his way to a fifth-place finish in the Hilton SuperContest. For the year, Franco had a 76-57 record for a 57 percent clip, netting "dime players" with $13,500 of profit

Franco writes for several print and online gaming publications, covering line moves and value in the lines. He uses many factors to handicap football, basketball, hockey and baseball, including box scores and injury reports. He views as many games as he can from his Las Vegas office and also relies on the Internet to examine many local newspapers for team reports.

Mark makes his own lines for pro sports using his updated power ratings that change for each team after every game. He has an eye for finding value in and between the lines.

Franco is a regular participant in many of Las Vegas' handicapping contests. He was one of 16 'cappers who participated in the (invite-only) 2004 Stardust Invitational.

Franco also finished the 2002 football season in the top 20 of the 1st Annual Hard Rock Pro Football Contest.

Mark hosts his own radio show “Franco’s Football Forecast” that can be heard live Monday to Friday at 2:00pm ET.