The True Odds of Each Craps Bet

Craps has many kinds of betting options compared to other regular games in the casino. With all of these various bets available, you may be confuse at times as to where to place your wager on the craps table. Below is a listing of the craps odds offered by casinos in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and other American casinos.

- The Pass Line and Come Bet have true odds of 251:244, paying off at 1:1, and the house edge is 1.414%. - The Don't Pass and Don't Come Bet have true odds of 976:949, paying off at 1:1, and the house edge is 1.402%.

Pass Line Odds, Come Bet Odds, and Buy Bets: - The numbers four or ten have true odds of 2:1, paying off at 2:1, and the house edge is 4.76%. - The numbers five or nine have true odds of 3:2, paying off at 3:2, and the house edge is 4.76%. - The numbers six or eight have true odds of 6:5, paying off at 6:5, and the house edge is 4.76%.

Don't Pass Odds, Don't Come Bet Odds, and Lay Bets: - The numbers four or ten have true odds of 1:2, paying off at 1:2, and the house edge is 2.44%. - The numbers five or nine have true odds of 2:3, paying off at 2:3, and the house edge is 3.23%. - The numbers six or eight have true odds of 5:6, paying off at 5:6, and the house edge is 4.0%.

Field Bets: - The three, four, nine, ten, 11 are paying off at 1:1 and the house edge is 5.5%. - The two, 12 are paying off at 2:1 and the house edge is 5.5%.

Place Bets: - The numbers four or ten have true odds of 2:1, paying off at 9:5, and the house edge is 6.7%. - The numbers five or nine have true odds of 3:2, paying off at 7:5, and the house edge is 4.0%. - The numbers six or eight have true odds of 6:5, paying off at 7:6, and the house edge is 1.52%.

Hardways: - The six or eight have true odds of 10:1, paying off at 9:1, and the house edge is 9.09%. - The four or ten have true odds of 8:1, paying off at 7:1, and the house edge is 11.1%.

One Roll Bets: - The any seven have true odds of 5:1, paying off at 4:1, and the house edge is 16.9%. - The any craps have true odds of 8:1, paying off at 7:1, and the house edge is 11.1%. - The two craps or 12 craps have true odds of 35:1, paying off at 30:1, and the house edge is 13.9%. - The three craps or 11 have true odds of 17:1, paying off at 15:1, and the house edge is 11.1%.

Other Bets: - The Horn Bet (three or 11) is paying off at 3.75:1. - The Horn Bet (two or 12) is paying off at 7.5:1. - The Big Six or Eight is paying off at 1:1 and the house edge is 9.09%.

Knowing these various craps odds will help you in deciding where is the favorable area on the table to put your bet on.