Craps Strategy - The Best Bets

The numbers people say that a Pass bet gives the house a 1,41% edge, while a Dont Pass yields slightly less than 1,40% to the house. These are the Line Bets and they are the heart of a winners Craps Strategy because everything else gives too much away, so for example:
- The Field gives away 5,6%
- Big 6/Big 8 gives 9,1%
- Horn - 12,5%.
- Craps 2/Craps 12 - 13,9%
- Any 7 - 16,7%
What it means, is that a Craps Strategy is about dice and dice are about percentages. The smart money gives as little away as possible and that means Pass/Dont Pass at around 1,4%, and those bets and how to improve them is what this article is about. While we are at it, it is worth keeping in mind that Come/Dont Come bets follow the same odds and logic, and the only thing different about them is the timing as to when they are placed.

Craps Strategy - Improve Your Bets

So, we have found that the best Craps Strategy, is to bet on Pass/Dont Pass (and Come/Dont Come), but how can we improve the best bets in Craps? The Odds, that is how — either by Buying Odds when you play –right– (Pass) or Laying Odds when you play –wrong– (Don’t Pass), and these are placed in addition to your initial bet after the Come Out roll and the reason they improve your initial bet is that the house takes no edge on Odds - that is right, zero house! All you are betting against is the straight dice, but you could spend a long time looking at the felt trying to find where the Odds bets are supposed to go. The truth is they are not marked, since it is a –hidden– bet. So to speak - the word is that in Vegas the big houses simply take the position that it is not their responsibility to inform the players of all their betting options, so the Odds stay unmarked. Needless to say, that the online casinos are not in the business of correcting Vegas so they take the same approach - no Odds to be seen. No biggie, it is an easy bet to make and it will improve your original Line bet by almost halving the house edge or better, if the house allow you to come with such Craps Strategy.

Craps Strategy - Placing an Odds Bet

This Craps Strategy is made by supplementing your original Pass/Dont Pass bet by an additional amount after you have made it past the Come Out roll, and these bets are placed right beside your initial bet on the Pass/Dont Pass line. In Vegas it is typical for the house to restrict these bets to Single Odds, meaning you can match your Come Out bet with an equal amount, and as they say, that will about half the house edge on your initial bet. The good news is that the online casinos we have sampled let you bet double your initial Line bet, and this Craps Strategy is called Double Odds and it cuts their edge even further, to a little more than 40% of their initial edge. So that 1,4% they originally had is now down to about 0,6% - as you see this Craps Strategy, is a smart play. So, assuming you can handle the gaff, buy the biggest Odds you can find because the larger the Odds bet, and basically, the more you shave off the house edge on your initial bet.