We wanted to look a little deeper at the odds for each of the bets that you can place at the craps table.

When you play online, it's a little less confusing than live, but the concept of the game still works the same. It's no wonder that it has found its way to the best online casinos and is just as exciting as the one seen throughout TV shows and Hollywood movies.īut for someone new to the game, craps can seem daunting. My simple Java craps game.Craps is one of the most exciting games in the casino. Probability of a shooter lasting 1 to 200 rolls before a seven-out. Craps game using cards at the Viejas casino in San Diego. How craps is played in California using playing cards. Alternative rules and bets such as the Fire Bet, Crapless Craps, and Card Craps. The player advantage, assuming he can influence the dice. The results of two experiments on skillful dice throwing. The house edge of all the major bets on both a per-bet made and per-roll basis.How the house edge for each bet is derived, in brief.If the field bet pays 3 to 1 on both the 2 and 12, then the house edge is 0.00%.If the field bet pays 3 to 1 on the 2 and 2 to 1 on the 12, then the house edge is 2.78%.If the field bet pays 2 to 1 on the 2 and 3 to 1 on the 12, then the house edge is 2.78%.

If the field bet pays 2 to 1 on both the 2 and 12, then the house edge is 5.56%.

Thus, there can be only one way to define the house edge. The following table shows the house edge of all the bets in craps which are always resolved in a single roll, except the field. Finding other situations is an exercise left up to the reader. If the casino rounds that down to $1, then that cuts the commission to 4%. A common one is a 5% commission on a $25 bet is $1.25. Let me make it perfectly clear that you can lower the house edge if the dealers will round a win up or a commission down.

The table above assumes wins are calculated exactly.

I also know that if I omit such bets, somebody will write in and take me to task for the omission. Nevertheless, I don't know the rules of every craps table on earth. For example, I've never seen a casino with buy bets on a 5, 6, 8, and 9 where the commission was payable on a win only.

Some of these bets may not exist anywhere on earth.

Let me add two more things, based on frequent reader comments:

Craps place big 6 and 8