Craps Strategy

Written by casino gambling expert John Grochowski, this blog post delves into the inner workings of a craps lay bet. It explains how players can leverage using a lay bet craps strategy to bet against the shooter, potentially profiting from a lower house edge.

Craps is a great game with great bets. Craps is an awful game with awful bets. You choose which one you want to play. You can play one (the great game) or the other (the awful game) or a combination of both (most players actually play a combination of both).  

Just because people play certain games, perhaps playing them aplenty, does not mean they necessarily understand those games. Even some dealers are not conversant with the true odds and underlying math of the very games they deal.

I am a degenerate gambler, degenerating all the time at craps.

There are elements of craps that will fire up any player’s imagination in a casino.

When craps players learn the basics of how to play craps online or offline, they’re taught that the time to make a pass line bet is on the comeout roll. If it’s not the comeout, you can bet on come instead, with the same basic odds and gameplay.