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House Edge for all the Major Craps Bet on Both a
Per Bet Made and Per Roll Basis.
This appendix shows the house edge for all the major craps bet on both a per bet made and per roll basis. A
handy use for this appendix is to estimate expected losses over time. For example, assume a game has 60 rolls
per hour and you always bet $25 on pass line, $6 on the place 6, and $5 on any 7. The expected hourly loss
would be 60*($250.42% + $60.46% + $516.67%) = $57.97.
Craps House Edge
BET NAME EXPECTED ROLLS PER BET MADE PER ROLL
Pass, come 3.38 1.41% 0.42%
Don't pass, don't come 3.38 1.36% 0.40%
Place 6, 8 3.27 1.52% 0.46%
Place 5, 9 3.6 4.00% 1.11%
Place 4, 10 4 6.67% 1.67%
Buy 6, 8 3.27 4.76% 1.46%
Buy 5, 9 3.6 4.76% 1.32%
Buy 4, 10 4 4.76% 1.19%
Lay 6, 8 3.27 4.00% 1.22%
Lay 5, 9 3.6 3.23% 0.90%
Lay 4, 10 4 2.44% 0.61%
Big 6, 8 3.27 9.09% 2.78%
Hard 6, 8 3.27 9.09% 2.78%
Hard 4, 10 4 11.11% 2.78%
Craps 2, 12 1 13.89% 13.89%
Craps 3, yo 11 1 11.11% 11.11%
Any craps 1 11.11% 11.11%
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Any seven 1 16.67% 16.67%
Field (reg rules) 1 5.56% 5.56%
Column 1 shows the type of bet.
Column 2 shows the expected number of rolls per bet made.
Column 3 shows the house edge per bet made (counting ties on the don't pass).
Column 4 shows the house edge per roll. This is the house edge per bet made divided by the expected number
of rolls per bet.
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