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!


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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:

Point 6/8 Point 5/9Point 4/10

Lay Bet Amount

Payoff on

Lay Amount

Lay Bet Amount

Payoff on

Lay Amount

Lay Bet Amount

Payoff on

Lay Amount

$24*

$20

$30*$20

$40*

$20
$30*$25$33*$22$42*$21
$36*$30$36*$24$44*$22
$42*$35$39*$26$50*$25
$48*$40$42*$28$60*$30
$54*$45$45*$30$70*$35
$60*$50$48*$32$80*$40
$66*$55$51*$34$90*$45
$72*$60$54*$36$100*$50
*(plus vig)

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.

Now that you are done here be sure to check out, Proposition Bet Payoffs.

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guitarmandp
How much odds do you guys usually lay on a 4 or 10 as compared to the other points? When I play the don't pass I lay the least amount of odds on the 4 & 10. Some of my biggest losses were from putting a huge lay bet behind my don't pass only to have the shooter immediately roll the 4 or 10. I find that if you are playing the don't pass and they make a couple of 4's and 10's, it's very hard to come back from that since winning only pays you half. Now I know people are going to say 'according to Win Craps you should break even over the long run', now that's over the long run, I was on a table today where the shooter made the point of 4 3 times in a row but couldn't make the 6. In the short term I've been on tables where the 4 & 10 were made more often than the 7.
Now when playing the passline I'm sometimes afraid to put down a big odds bet on the 4 & 10 unless I'm way up. If I'm down a lot it's very difficult for me to justify putting a bet down that I have a 33.3% chance of winning, even though it's going to pay me double if it hits and over 1,000,000 rolls I will break even. If I'm down to my last $100 and the point is 4 or 10 and I'm on the passline I usually don't put anything down or like $5
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?
RS
IF I'm on the pass line, then I'll typically bet 3/4/5x, or just 2/2/2x odds, depending on how much $$ I have. I don't bet based on how much in chips I have, because I typically have way more in my pocket than I do in chips.
On the don't pass, typically will lay max odds on 4/5/9/10 and typically won't lay any odds against 6/8. Sometimes I'll even over lay the 4/10.
Then again, I don't play craps much since there's no edge. Have yet to play craps with an edge, but the day I do, I'll play as long as the edge presents itself.
odiousgambit
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.
Craps Lay Bets PayoutYou 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.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
FleaStiff

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.


Very good response.
I feel happier about some things, such as a DC bet that travels to the Four or Ten, but I neither increase nor decrease the money on it than if it had traveled to the SIX or the Eight.
Its RANDOM.
Nareed

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?

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Playing pass line (and come) I typically bet single to double odds on 4,5,9,10 and double to triple odds on 6 and 8, depending on how I am doing. Sure sometimes the point hist when I under-bet it, and sometimes the 6 and 8 are wiped out by a 7-out in record time. And sometimes the reverse is true.
BetsI'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.
It used to be that way with come bets at all, too, but I've gotten over it. What helped me was precise data on the risk vs reward I could expect, and practicing with Wincraps or other free craps games.
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TerribleTom
On a 3-4-5X table I will often play 3-4-3X odds.
On a $10 line wager, that's $36 on point of 6/8 and $60 on all other points.
I know that mathematically this is a worse bet than laying full odds on all points.
If I'm at a $5 table, I sometimes do the same thing - $18/30/30 but for some reason the lower the original wager the easier it is for me to lay max odds.
I know that this plan is not logical.
I rarely make any other bet - I tend to play strictly DP+odds.
guitarmandp
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.
rudeboyoi

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.


Two combinations could kill you. 4-6 and 6-4.
TheWolf713

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.


There is one thing that you forget.... Its an oldie but goodie..... Its called 'Sh*t Happens' LOL
One little suggestion I have for that might help in that situation is this... If you are playing the DP and a player hits 2 points and knocks you off. Leave him alone and wait for the next shooter. There are more than enough shooters that will throw a seven for you that to get murdered on the one 'good roll'.
Another one is 'thou shall not Hedge'.. If you are playing the DP and feel the need to cover your bet... Your mind is telling you to take it down.... Most players get very nervous when there don't pass bet lingers for 9-13 rolls. But what you should realize is that the odds are in your favor, stay with it.... But if you see a guy who is repeating numbers, and you get knocked off, just wait for the next shooter. Its simple...
You may have loss that one result, but as you play more, that loss will be an after thought....
'I'm a DO'er and you my friend, are a Don'ter' -Mark Walberg pain and Gain
mustangsally

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.
Why do you $30 don't pass bet?
Is this your system of play always?
That can not be the table minimum. just my opinion.
At $10 don't pass bet and always lay 2x odds ($40,$30 and $24) one would still have an average bet of $30
and would easily lose less over time verses always betting $30. not just my opinion.
Sure the comps would be way less than betting $30 dpass every come out roll
but I have a feeling they

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could overcome an actual session loss.
Here is an example of this over the Zumma actual casino dice rolls
s1 = $10 don't pass bet and always lay 2x odds
s2 = $30 don't pass bet

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They were offered unlimited casino credit so they had no problem making every bet they wanted to make.
s1 had a session loss of $195 and was way way down at one point
Looks like the comps at cash back ($435) gave s1 a session win.
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s2 lost way more and was even way down at one point.
comps were way higher than s1 as it should be but not enough cash back to erase the session loss.
That had to be paid (the large loss) and not much of a sugar sugar taste from that.
of course, no don't pass player would ever just make bets without ever laying the odds in my opinion. I know I am wrong thinking that way.
at least we would hope not
my opinion, I would rather like being in s1 shoes than s2 shoes
more fun pulling out a win from cash back with comps when more of your money is on the odds bets

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