Bets You Can Make at a Craps Table

Half of knowing how to play craps is learning the various craps bets. As the shooter rolls the dice, the other players at the table have a wide variety of craps bets to make.

The pass line and don’t pass line bets are some of the best bets in the casino, but there are also plenty of craps bets that offer terrible odds.

Use this guide to learn everything you need to know about every craps bet available, then play our free craps game to practice.

Pass Line Bet

House Advantage: 1.41%

This is simplest and most common craps bet. For the pass line bet, you place a wager before the shooter throws the come out roll. If the come out roll is a seven or eleven, the pass line bet is an automatic winner. If the come out roll is a two, three, or twelve, the pass line bet is an automatic loser.

Come out rolls that result in any other number establish a “point.” The shooter then continues rolling until either a seven comes up or the point is rolled again. If the point is rolled again before a seven, the pass line bet wins. If a seven appears before the point, the pass line bet loses.

Don’t Pass Line

House Advantage: 1.36%

The don’t pass line is the opposite of the pass line bet. If the come-out roll is a seven or eleven, the don’t pass bet is a loser. If the come out roll is a two, three or twelve, the don’t pass bet is an automatic winner.

If a point is established, the don’t pass bet wins if a seven is rolled before the point is rolled again. If the point is rolled again before a seven appears, the don’t pass bet loses.

Come Bet

House Advantage: 1.41%

The come bet is similar to the pass line bet except it can be placed while a round is in progress. To make a come bet, place your chips in the “come” area in the middle of the table layout.

When you make a come bet, the shooter’s next roll becomes the “come out” roll for the purposes of your bet. If the next roll is a seven or eleven, you automatically win the come bet. If the next roll is a two, three, or twelve, you automatically lose the bet.

If any other number is rolled, that becomes the point for your bet. If the shooter throws that point again before a seven, you win the come bet. If the shooter throws a seven first, you lose the come bet.

Don’t Come Bet

House Advantage: 1.36%

The don’t come bet is the opposite of the come bet. You can place this bet at any point after the come out roll. If the shooter’s next roll is a seven or eleven, you automatically lose this bet. If the shooter’s next roll is a two, three, or twelve you automatically win the bet.

If any other number is rolled, that number becomes the point. If a seven is rolled before the point is rolled again, you win. If the point is rolled again before a seven, you lose the bet.

Odds Bet

House Advantage: 0%

This is the one bet you can make in a casino in which there is no house advantage. The catch is that you can only place it after you have already placed a pass line or come bet. Once a point has been established, you can place the odds bet by placing additional chips behind your original pass/come bet.

If the point is rolled again before a seven, your pass line bet will be paid like normal and your odds bet will receive a special payout depending on the point:

Most casinos restrict the size of the odds bet to twice that of the pass line bet. This means that if your pass line bet was $10, you would have to wager $20 on the odds bet. Some casinos deviate from this rule and allow players to make odds bets that are three, four, or five times larger than their pass line bets.

Field Bet

House Advantage: 5.26%

The field bet is a simple, on-demand bet on the outcome of the next roll of the dice. You don’t have to wait for multiple rolls of the dice with this bet – you’ll know the outcome as soon as the dice land.

The field bet wins if the next roll of the dice is a two, three, four, nine, ten, eleven or twelve and it loses if the next roll is five, six, seven, or eight. When the dice land on two or twelve, the casino pays out 2:1 (sometimes 3:1). All other numbers result in an even payoff.

Place Bet

House Advantage: 1.5% to 6.7%

The place bet can be made at any time. In the place bet, the bettor chooses a number and wagers that that number will be rolled before a seven. The payouts and house advantage are as follows:

Hardway Bet

House Advantage: 9.09% and 11.11%

A hard way bet is similar to the place bet but it can only be placed on the numbers four, six, eight, or ten. That number must then be rolled “the hard way” before a seven is rolled. The “hard way” means that the number is a result of two dice showing the same number.

For example, a “hard four” means the numbers two and two were rolled. A “hard six” consists of three and three. A “soft six” or an “easy six” would be something like five and one. If the chosen number is rolled the hard way before a seven shows, the bet is a winner. If a seven comes first, the bet is lost.

Proposition Bets

Proposition bets are one-throw bets with high payouts and high house advantages. The advantage on proposition bets goes all the way up to 16.67%.

Any Seven

This is a bet that the next roll of the dice will be a seven. The payout is 4:1.

Any Craps

Bet that the next roll will be a two, three, or twelve. The payout is 7:1.

Craps 2

Bet that the next roll will be a two. The payout is 30:1.

Craps 3

Bet that the next roll will be a three. The payout is 15:1.

Craps 12

Bet that the next roll will be a twelve. The payout is 30:1.

Yo-Leven

Bet that the next roll be an eleven. The payout is 15:1. “Yo-leven” is used because eleven sounds too much like seven at a noisy craps table.

Horn Bet

This is a bet on each one of the numbers two, three, eleven, and twelve. If the next roll results in any of those numbers, the bet is paid out according to the odds listed above, minus the bets on the three losing bets.

Example – A player places a $4 horn bet ($1 on each number) and the next roll is a twelve. That player would receive a total payout of $27. You would win $30 on the twelve and $3 would be lost on the other numbers.

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