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Craps Strategy

Practice playing craps for free online or with craps or casino software until you get a good understanding of the rules, lingo, flow, and odds of the game.

Always take the full amount of odds you are allowed (if you have the funds to support it) as "taking odds" has the smallest house advantage.

To maximize odds:

- "Place to Win" the 6 or 8 instead of "Buying" a 6 or 8 or betting a "Big 6" or "Big 8"
- "Place to Win" a 5 or 9 instead of "Buying" a 5 or 9
- "Place to Lose" a 5, 6, 8, or 9 instead of "Laying" a 5, 6, 8, or 9
- "Buy" the 4 or 10 instead of "Placing to Win" the 4 or 10
- "Lay" the 4 or 10 instead of "Placing to Lose" the 4 or 10
- Review the odds in the payout/house advantage table below

Avoid proposition bets which carry a very high house advantage.

Be aware of the number of dice combinations of each number in order to give you an idea of the odds of the numbers being rolled compared to others:

Number
Possible Combinations
Number of Ways to Roll
2
1-1
1
3
1-2, 2-1
2
4
1-3, 2-2, 3-1
3
5
1-4, 2-3, 3-2, 4-1
4
6
1-5, 2-4, 3-3, 4-2, 5-1
5
7
1-6, 2-5, 3-4, 4-3, 5-2, 6-1
6
8
2-6, 3-5, 4-4, 5-3, 6-2
5
9
3-6, 4-5, 5-4, 6-3
4
10
4-6, 5-5, 6-4
3
11
5-6, 6-5
2
12
6-6
1

Be aware of the payouts and the house advantage of the various craps bets.  You should avoid the bets with a high house advantage.

Bet
Description
Payout / Odds
House Advantage
Place to win 4
4 before 7
9:5
6.67%
Place to win 5
5 before 7
7:5
4.00%
Place to win 6
6 before 7
7:6
1.52%
Place to win 8
8 before 7
7:6
1.52%
Place to win 9
8 before 7
7:5
4.00%
Place to win 10
10 before 7
9:5
6.67%
Place to lose 4
7 before 4
5:11
3.03%
Place to lose 5
7 before 5
5:8
2.50%
Place to lose 6
7 before 6
4:5
1.82%
Place to lose 8
7 before 8
4:5
1.82%
Place to lose 9
7 before 9
5:8
2.50%
Place to lose 10
7 before 10
5:11
3.03%
Buy 4
4 before 7
39:21
4.76%
Buy 5
5 before 7
29:21
4.76%
Buy 6
6 before 7
23:21
4.76%
Buy 8
8 before 7
23:21
4.76%
Buy 9
8 before 7
29:21
4.76%
Buy 10
10 before 7
39:21
4.76%
Lay 4
7 before 4
19:41
2.44%
Lay 5
7 before 5
19:31
3.23%
Lay 6
7 before 6
19:25
4.00%
Lay 8
7 before 8
19:25
4.00%
Lay 9
7 before 9
19:31
3.23%
Lay 10
7 before 10
19:41
2.44%
Big 6
6 before 7
1:1
9.09%
Big 8
8 before 7
1:1
9.09%
Hard 4
Hard 4 before 7 or Easy 4
7:1
11.11%
Hard 6
Hard 6 before 7 or Easy 6
9:1
9.09%
Hard 8
Hard 8 before 7 or Easy 8
9:1
9.09%
Hard 10
Hard 10 before 7 or Easy 10
7:1
11.11%
2
2 on next roll
30:1
13.89%
3
3 on next roll
15:1
11.11%
7
7 on next roll
4:1
16.67%
11
11 on next roll
15:1
11.11%
12
12 on next roll
30:1
13.89%
Any Craps
2, 3 or 12 on next roll
7:1
11.11%
Horn
2, 3, 11 or 12
on next roll
27:4 on 2 or 12
3:1 on 3 or 11
12.50%
Field
2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12
on next roll
1:1 on 3,4,9,10,11
2:1 on 2
2:1 or 3:1 on 12
2.78% (2:1 on 12)
5.56% (3:1 on 12)

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