This is one of the best bets craps players can make, with payout odds of 1 to 1. The don't pass bet has a slightly lower house edge (1.36%) but given 7 has a statistically higher chance of landing than 2 or 3, the odds of this bet winning are lower. The odds of rolling a 7 are 6 out of 36 possible combinations, or 1 in 6. Win money by betting on what numbers are rolled on a pair of dice. Craps really isn’t complicated when you remember that the entire point is gambling on the sum on a pair of dice. One player rolls the dice, typically trying to get a 7 or 11. The craps payout chart below shows various payout statistics such as what kind of craps bets, true odds, payout odds and the total house edge after everything has been calculated through. Note that these payout odds in the chart listed below are not the same in every casino or on all craps tables.
Players will win if the shooter rolls the point number before the seven. The payouts would be excellent because it would be paid by true odds. That means 4 and 10 pays out 2:1 odds, 5 and 9 pays out 3:2 odds and 6 and 8 pay out 6:5 odds. This is also the actual odds of winning the bet so the house edge is zero!
Lay Bet Payoffs As wagers go, Lay Bets are one of the most misunderstood on the table. One reason for this is that the majority of craps players have NEVER laid against a number. (If you're of the mindset that 'dark side' bettors somehow are a jinx at the table, get over it) There's a cause and effect of players' inexperience with lay bets. If players rarely lay against the numbers, then dealers are also less experienced paying these bets off. In casinos where you'd almost never see an incorrect payoff on place bets, it's much more common to have confusion with lay bet payoffs. Especially with the proliferation of Indian Casinos and the addition of craps tables in Canadian casinos, it is in your best interest for YOU to know how much to lay and how much you should be paid. Lay bets are paid true odds. Again, because of this fact, the casino has seen fit to charge a vigorish (vig) of 5% on these wagers. One important fact to know up front though is that you are paying the vig on the anticipated amount of the win, not on the amount laid. Look at the chart:
To lay against numbers, there are some easy ways to calculate how much to lay and how much you'll be paid. If you think of the true odds in increments instead of dollars, payoffs are simple. Take laying the 6 or 8. True odds are 6:5 . This means that you must lay the 6 or 8 in increments of $6 and for every increment laid, you will be paid $5. So if you lay the 6 for $24 (4 increments of 6), you'll be paid $20. (4 increments x $5). So, learn the odds! If you know the odds, you can calculate the amount to lay and the amount you'll be paid quite easily. A couple more examples. You want to lay the 5. Odds are 3:2 therefore you need to lay the 5 in an amount divisible by 3. If you lay the 5 for $30 (10 increments of 3) you would be paid $20 (10 increments x 2). For the 4 and 10, it's a cinch. You take the amount you lay, divide it in half and that's your payoff. (True odds are 2:1) If you are new to lay bets, there's something in the chart that should jump out at you. Why does the chart start with $20 payoffs? Generally, on a $5 table, the minimum amount you can win on a lay bet is 4 times the table minimum (4 x $5). Like other wagers with a vigorish, some casinos will charge the vigorish when you lay your bet, so for instance if you intended to lay the 4 for $40, you would actually drop $41 on the table. Other casinos are more generous and only charge the vig if the wager wins. In that case you would lay the 4 for $40, and if the seven shows, you'd be paid $19 instead of $20. If the vig is only charged when you win, the house advantage is significantly lowered for lay bets. Remember, there is some dealer discretion in the amount of vig you pay. For instance, you lay the 6 for $60 and win $50. 5% of $50 is $2.50. Most casinos will charge you only a $2 vig, but you should check first. On the other hand, if you lay the 6 AND 8 for $60 each and win $100. You will pay a $5 vig. So how do you place your wager? You know you want to lay the 4 for $40 but what EXACTLY do you say? Well, there's several ways, but the two most common are: 'I'd like to lay the 4 for $40, please..' and ' No 4 for $40 please...' If you're ever not sure what to do, ask the dealer. That's what they're there for! (DON'T ask the stranger next to you, they probably know less about the game then YOU do!) Finally, lay bets in general are pretty good wagers. If you are not required to pay the vig up front, then they're even better! The real hang up with lay bets is that they require the player to have a pretty decent bankroll, and on bets like the 4 and 10, wagering $40 to win $20 is an issue to wrestle with. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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You know damn well the Wizard would be clucking at you for cutting back on the odds based on the past luck you had on the number.Lay max odds and pay no attention to you past luck with any points. To keep it sane, just don't keep betting the DC, have a stopping point so you don't have too much in action.
You know damn well the Wizard would be clucking at you for cutting back on the odds based on the past luck you had on the number.
How much do odds do you like to bet on 4 or 10's passline or don't pass players compared to what you would put down on a 5, 6, 8, or 9?

I've noticed that I need to be comfortable making a bet, or comfortable with the risk of making a baet, before I can make it habitually. For example, the good play is to let odds on come bets work on the come out roll. I know this, I even know why this is, and I rarely do it. Why? because I keep fretting about the big, bad seven which will eat my bets and not even spare the odds. The risk just seems too high and I'm uncomfortable with it.Today I had $175 in green chips and I wanted another green chip and the point was 10 so I did something that I now regret. I laid two green chips behind my $30 don't pass bet (point was 10) and I also put a hard 10 down for $10. A 10 immediately rolls easy! I lost $100 on that bet! Since I had the hard 10 covered, only one combination could kill me and guess what it did! Earlier at the table 4 or 10 was the point like 5 times in a row and only once did the shooter not make it. You can preach to me about odds all you want, the risk of losing $50 is not worth the reward of winning $25. Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Today I had $175 in green chips and I wanted another green chip and the point was 10 so I did something that I now regret. I laid two green chips behind my $30 don't pass bet (point was 10) and I also put a hard 10 down for $10. A 10 immediately rolls easy! I lost $100 on that bet! Since I had the hard 10 covered, only one combination could kill me and guess what it did! Earlier at the table 4 or 10 was the point like 5 times in a row and only once did the shooter not make it. You can preach to me about odds all you want, the risk of losing $50 is not worth the reward of winning $25. Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Today I had $175 in green chips and I wanted another green chip and the point was 10 so I did something that I now regret. I laid two green chips behind my $30 don't pass bet (point was 10) and I also put a hard 10 down for $10.
The difference between wanting and needing gets me many times.