Unlike all of those bad bets with the bright colors and vast real estate, the odds aren’t marked-it’s just the space behind the pass line, directly behind your pass line bet. Once a point is established, your next bet is to take full odds behind the pass line. You get paid if the point is made before a seven, but you need odds to steepen your profits and cut into the house edge. Any other roll becomes the point, and that’s where the real action begins. On the first roll for a new shooter, known as the come-out roll, you will be paid for a seven or 11, and lose with a two, three or a 12. Your first bet should be the pass line, which pays even money. Do not wager on any other proposition bets, which includes the field, hard way rolls (betting that the next eight, say, will come up as two fours, rather than a six and a two or a five and a three), or any craps, as they are major sucker bets. House Edge: 1.41% (pass line), 0.0% (full odds)Ĭraps looks complicated, but in the end you can ignore most of the felt and pay attention to just a small portion, for there are really only four bets you should make: pass line and full odds, and come line bets and full odds. Craps is fast, exciting and confusing to the uninitiated.
