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I’m writing a series of blog posts about casino games and the good and bad strategies for playing those games.
Craps is one of my favorite casino games, so I’ve been looking forward to writing this one.
And the beautiful thing about craps is that it’s a game of pure chance. The best strategy is just to choose the bets with the lowest edge for the house and have fun.
But I’ll have some things to say about some of the strategies and systems that other writers promote, too.
They’re mostly bad craps strategies.
Here’s the Only Craps Strategy You Need
When you’re dealing with an entirely random game – like craps – the only strategy that matters is choosing the bets with the lowest house edge and having fun.
I’ll have something to say about shooters and whether they have control over the outcomes later in this post, but for now, let’s just agree that games like craps are purely chance.
In other games that are entirely random, like slot machines, you don’t even really need to decide which bet to place. It’s chosen for you before you sit down.
When playing craps for real money, you have a handful of good bets you can make, but most of the bets on the table are bad. Just skip the bad bets, and you’re all set.
The Bests Bets at the Craps Table
The best bets at the craps table are the pass line bet and the don’t pass bet.
The come and don’t come bets are also great wagers.
I always advise casino gamblers to try to limit their gambling to games where the house edge is lower than 2% — preferably 1.5% or lower.
The house edge for the pass and come bets is the same, 1.41%, which means they qualify.
The house edge for the don’t pass and don’t come bets is even lower, 1.36%, but the 0.05% isn’t worth worrying about. Most people prefer to root for the shooter to succeed.
The other bet to think about at the craps table is the odds bet. This is a bet you can only place after making one of the 4 bets I already mentioned and when the shooter has set a point.
This is one of the only bets in the casino that has no house edge. It’s a break-even bet, but it can be expensive.
It can also drive the effective house edge on the money you have in action down to almost nothing.
Here’s how that works.
How the Odds Bet Changes the House Edge for the Better
If you’re betting on the pass line and the shooter sets a point, you can expect to lose $1.41 for every $100 you bet. That’s on average and in the long run.
If you’re playing at a casino that only allows you to place an odds bet at 1X the size of your pass line bet, you can put another $100 into action.
Your expected loss remains $1.41, though, which effectively cuts the house edge in half, from 1.41% to 0.71%.
If you’re able to bet 2X your original bet on the odds bet, you can lower that even further to 0.36%. (You have $300 in action, but your expected loss is still only $1.41.)
The more you’re able to bet on the odds bet, the lower the house edge for all the money you have in action becomes.
It’s clear why betting on the pass line and taking the most odds that you can is an effective strategy. With the odds bet, you can get the house edge in craps lower than 0.5% at least some of the time at the table, making it an even better game than blackjack.
And what’s more, you don’t have to memorize basic strategy to get the low house edge at craps.
You just need a big enough casino bankroll to make the right bets, and you need enough sense to avoid the bad bets at the table – of which there are many.
Any Strategy that Involves Placing ANY Other Bets at the Craps Table Is a BAD Craps Strategy
There’s a reason gambling experts measure bets according to their house edge. That’s because it’s the single best indicator of how good or bad a bet is.
The house edge is a statistical estimate of how much money you’ll lose as a percentage of your original bet over the long run.
If the house edge is 1.41%, the casino expects to win an average of $1.41 every time you bet $100.
If the house edge is 16.66%, the casino expects to win an average of $16.66 every time you bet $100.
Which bet looks like the better bet for the casino?
And which one looks like the better bet for the gambler?
It shouldn’t be hard to make the distinction.
Even the best of the bad bets on the craps table are inferior to the 1.41% or 1.36% you can get from the pass, don’t pass, come, and don’t come bets.
And trust me on this:
You can have PLENTY of fun sticking with the basic bets at the craps table.
Betting Systems Where You Raise and Lower the Size of Your Bets Are Bad Strategies
The classic example of this kind of betting system is the Martingale System, where you double the size of your bets after each loss. When you do this repeatedly, you eventually win back the money you’ve lost along with a profit of one unit.
The problem with a system like the Martingale is that you’ll eventually run into a big enough losing streak that it will wipe out all those small profits and then some.
Most people underestimate how quickly a bet’s size gets when doubling after every loss.
They also overestimate how likely they are to avoid long losing streaks.
If you double a $5 bet once, that’s $10.
But if you run into a losing streak of 8 bets in a row, you’re looking at having to bet $640 to make up for your losses.
Also, every roll of the dice is an independent event. The odds don’t change based on how many times you’ve won or lost in a row.
You might think the probability of losing that 8th bet is lower than the likelihood of losing the first one, but the truth is that the dice have no memory. They have the same 6 sides, no matter how many times you’ve lost in a row.
Each bet in craps is an independent event, and any betting system will assume that the odds are changing based on how many times in a row you’ve won or lost.
Money Management Strategies Don’t Hurt Anything, but They Won’t Improve Your Odds of Winning, Either
Money management strategies involve having strict gambling discipline about how much of your bankroll you’re willing to risk before quitting the game. They also require you to stop when you’ve won an arbitrary amount of money.
Money management techniques are often used in conjunction with betting systems.
Here’s an example of a money management strategy in craps:
You decide your bankroll for the session is $250, and you’re playing for $5 per roll of the dice.
Your stop-loss limit is $100, so, if your bankroll drops to $150, you must quit the craps session and go do something else.
Your win goal is $250, so once your bankroll gets up to $500, you must quit the game and go do something else.
This kind of strategy might increase your chances of walking away from the game a winner.
But that’s only because a lot of gamblers will just keep playing until they’ve lost their entire stake. They just don’t generally have a lot of sense about that sort of thing.
The Jury’s Out on Dice Setting or Dice Control
I’ve seen multiple reputable gambling writers express interest and some belief that some craps shooters can influence the probability of specific outcomes. I’m skeptical – in the extreme – but I’ll give it an appropriate amount of credence.
The idea is that you hold the dice a specific way – “setting” the dice – then throw with a minimum amount of force – just enough to hit the back wall and eliminate most of the rolling action.
A controlled shooting expert doesn’t have to be perfect. Instead, they’re trying to be like someone who’s playing darts. They improve the probability enough to change the negative expectation on a bet to a positive expectation.
You can buy books and videos explaining how to get an edge at craps this way, but I can’t imagine the amount of practice and record-keeping required to have any confidence in your ability to change the odds.
Imagine if you spent 1000 hours trying to learn how to control the dice and coming up short. Maybe you just don’t have the knack for it.
That doesn’t sound like a good deal to me.
I’d rather learn to count cards in blackjack.
Conclusion
Those are the best and the worst of the strategies I know of for playing craps in the casino. I know plenty of people who would disagree with every recommendation I’ve made, but the math behind the game doesn’t lie.
The best strategy is to stick with the bets with the lowest house edge and have as much fun as you can.
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Not true for BJ. Foxwoods changed to H17 on all but the highest level tables. You can request S17 on a $50 table in the high limit pit, but you must ask. Mohegan Sun only has H17 on their $5 limit tables. Maybe, MAYBE you will find a $10 game at Foxwoods early some weekday morning. $10 tables are common at the start of the day at Mohegan Sun. When the table minimum is increased at Foxwoods you must bet the new minimum on the next hand, not even the next shoe. At Mohegan Sun you are grandfathered at the table minimum you had when you sat down. You can play it as long as you care to at the grandfathered minimum, however a second hand played must be at the current table minimum.
It has been a bit since I went to Foxwoods, I did not know they are doing H17. Thanks for that piece of info. I usually stick with $25 a hand, so I've never had an issue with the grandfather clause (i've noticed other players tell incoming dealers they are gf'ed in). That does suck for lower limit players at Foxwoods, as I can imagine it is a nightmare finding a lower limit tables during peak hours, and they are basically forced to bump their bets or leave. I assume the pit boss doesn't adjust their average bet either.
Since you are knowledge about both casinos, are you familiar with any other Foxwoods/Mohegan table games that vary in their statistical payouts and gameplay?
... on 2 separate occasions at [Twin River], the [Pai Gow] autodealer machine busted. This place has been in operation for less than a year, how is that possible?
Easy, it's under the thumb of The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations which taxes the hold at a more than 50% rate. I'm far from being alone in amazement about table game success. From a business perspective I can understand their drive to expand the number of tables and boost profits by changing the rules. [Read: squeezing the players harder] As a player, I can't help but wonder when the bloom will be off the rose. I expect that will be long before casinos open in Massachusetts.
Where is Twin Rivers?
It's in Lincoln Rhode Island just north of North Providence off Route 146. It's Twin River without the s.
I am flat bet at blackjack there but stopped in yesterday to check it out anyway. Unfortunately we forgot our gas masks and had to make a hasty exit before being overcome by the smoke. The stench is still on our clothes and we had to air out the car for the rest of the day.
I can probably answer questions about blackjack if anyone has any.Since you are knowledge about both casinos, are you familiar with any other Foxwoods/Mohegan table games that vary in their statistical payouts and gameplay?
Sorry, I play blackjack exclusively and don't even pay much attention to the side bets on those tables, much less other games. I suppose I should do so just to be more 'well rounded.' I have two other tidbits which have been posted in other threads: Mohegan Sun will introduce Free Bet Blackjack this month! I believe Foxwoods introduced Blackjack Switch this past summer. Both variants have a far worse house edge that the basic game but better than other table games.
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I agree with your observations about Foxwoods, particularly their tolerance for drunken 20-somethings behaving badly. Mohegan Sun won't put up with that. Yet. MS is changing their business model to cater to the younger crowd with disco lounges and the Shine 360 'photo opportunity.'
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Architectural comparison: Mohegan Sun, beautiful, one of a kind. Foxwoods, strip mall.Edit: grammar, spelling.
Not true for BJ. Foxwoods changed to H17 on all but the highest level tables. You can request S17 on a $50 table in the high limit pit, but you must ask. Mohegan Sun only has H17 on their $5 limit tables. Maybe, MAYBE you will find a $10 game at Foxwoods early some weekday morning. $10 tables are common at the start of the day at Mohegan Sun. When the table minimum is increased at Foxwoods you must bet the new minimum on the next hand, not even the next shoe. At Mohegan Sun you are grandfathered at the table minimum you had when you sat down. You can play it as long as you care to at the grandfathered minimum, however a second hand played must be at the current table minimum.
The blackjack on the main floors at Foxwoods, including the former MGM Grand, are 8 deck H17 games. The Newport Room and the high limit room in what was MGM have 6 deck S17 games that are closely watched. It's on the felts, you don't have to ask.
Although all blackjack at Mohegan Sun is 6 deck, penetration continues to be atrocious while at Foxwoods it is very good. There are several ASMs in use at Foxwoods. I have not heard of any problems with them and would not avoid them were I to play the 8 deck games.
Speaking of security, I went to a Tony Orlando show and they confiscated my bottle of water before allowing me into the arena, a bottle with Mohegan Sun on the label that I got at a blackjack table.
Yes, Tony Orlando. Don't judge. It was a free show. :-) It was actually pretty good.
Yes, Tony Orlando.
No Dawn?
No Dawn but you didn't really miss them.
... on 2 separate occasions at [Twin River], the [Pai Gow] autodealer machine busted. This place has been in operation for less than a year, how is that possible?
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Easy, it's under the thumb of The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations which taxes the hold at a more than 50% rate. I'm far from being alone in amazement about table game success. From a business perspective I can understand their drive to expand the number of tables and boost profits by changing the rules. [Read: squeezing the players harder] As a player, I can't help but wonder when the bloom will be off the rose. I expect that will be long before casinos open in Massachusetts.Not quite right. The slot tax is 60% but the table games tax is 17% or 18%.