Craps odds
One table, two extremes.
Craps holds the only bet in the casino with no house edge — and, a few inches away, bets that take 16%. The table sees both the same. You should not.
The idea
The flashiest bets are the worst.
The odds bet pays at true probability — zero edge — but you can only place it alongside the pass line. The one-roll bets in the centre of the table, the ones the crew shouts about, carry the worst edge in the building.
Craps: the best and worst bet
On the same table, 0% and 16.67% sit side by side. Choose well.
€
The money that passes through the table.
BetEdgeExpected loss
Odds bet (free odds)· real0.00%no edge
Don't pass / don't come· 1:11.36%-6.80 €
Pass line / come· 1:11.41%-7.05 €
Place 6 or 8· 7:61.52%-7.60 €
Place 5 or 9· 7:54.00%-20.00 €
Field· 1:1 / 2:15.56%-27.80 €
Place 4 or 10· 9:56.67%-33.35 €
Any craps· 7:111.11%-55.55 €
Any seven· 4:116.67%-83.35 €
Craps is the only game with a bet that has no house edge: the odds bet, which pays at true probability. The catch is you can only place it as an add-on to the pass line. The bets in the centre of the table — any seven, any craps — are the flashiest and the worst.