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Your standard craps bet should be in increments of three units. This way you take maximum advantage of the free-odds allowances. This strategy optimizes the free-odds bets, (bets the house has no edge on), and brings the total house advantage down to the lowest possible in a single odds game.
This is how you should play craps:
- Make three unit pass line and come bets until two points have been established. Back both bets with the highest single odds allowed.
- When a point repeats, whether as a come or pass line point, you should make another three unit pass line or come bet. By doing this you sill have two points working for you. If a 2, 3, 11 or 12 declares a winner or a loser on the new pass line or come bet, you should make another bet. You do this until you get that second point established. When it is you make the highest single odds allowed on that point.
- When a shooter sevens-out, clearing the board of all bets, you should start over and make a new pass line bet.
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When it's possible, the 'wrong' bettor (a player betting against the shooter) should play double-odds instead of a single-odds game. By using this strategy you lower the house percentage from 0.8% to 0.6%. However, double-odds strategies tend are usually more aggressive than the single-odds games and are more suitable for players with an aggressive style of gambling. The double-odds bettor takes bigger risks but at the same time has the chance of getting greater payoffs. Consequently this tactic demands a larger bankroll than his single-odds playing.
| Pass Line | 1.41% | 1:1 |
| Don't Pass Line | 1.40 % | 1:1 |
| Come | 1.41 % | 1:1 |
| Don't Come | 1.40 % | 1:1 |
| Odds 6/8 | 0 | 6:5 |
| Odds 5/9 | 0 | 3:2 |
| Odds 4/10 | 0 | 2:1 |
| Don't Odds 6/8 | 0 | 5:6 |
| Don't Odds 5/9 | 0 | 2:3 |
| Don't Odds 4/10 | 0 | 1:2 |
| Place 6/8 | 1.52 % | 7:6 |
| Place 5/9 | 4 % | 7:5 |
| Place 4/10 | 6.67 % | 9:5 |
| Buy 4/10 | 4.76 % | 2: (-5%) |
| Lay 6/8 | 4.0 % | 5:6 (-5%) |
| Lay 5/9 | 3.23 % | 2:3 (-5%) |
| Lay 4/10 | 2.44 % | 1:2 (-5%) |
| Field Bet (2&12 pay double) | 5.55 % | 1:1 or 2:1 |
| Field Bet (2or12 pay triple) | 2.7 % | 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 |
| Big 6 & 8 | 9.09 % | 1:1 |
| Any Seven | 16.67 % | 4:1 |
| Any Craps | 11.1 % | 7:1 |
| Aces (2) | 13.89 % | 30:1 |
| Twelve | 13.89 % | 30:1 |
| Ace-Deuce (3) | 11.1 % | 15:1 |
| Yo (11) | 11.1 % | 15:1 |
| Hard 4 | 11.1 % | 7:1 |
| Hard 10 | 11.1 % | 7:1 |
| Hard 6 | 9.09 % | 9:1 |
| Hard 8 | 9.09 % | 9:1 |
Remember that the casino wants you to make the bets with the worst odds. The table lay out is structured to draw your attention to these kinds of bets and the stickman will also you tempt you into making them. Don't lose your patience and make bad bets just to get an immediate result. This is a sure way to lose a lot of money.
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