House edge on Craps Bets

Craps is a fantastic game but it is also a very strange game in many ways. One thing to be particularly aware of is that Craps offers some of the best bets in a casino with the lowest house edge at the same time that other best have extremely high house edges and are therefore amongst the very worst bets you can make in a casino. The table below shows you which bets to put money on and which you should only go for if you are really feeling extremely lucky!

Craps House Edge

Bet House Edge (Percent)
Pass Line/Come Bet 1.41
Don’t Pass/Come 1.40
Pass Line/Come Bet 2X odds .85
Don’t Pass/Come 2X odds .83
Place 6 and 8 1.52
Place 5 and 9 4.00
Place 4 and 10 6.67
Buy 6 or 8 4.76
Buy 5 or 9 4.76
Buy 4 or 10 4.76
Lay 6 or 8 4.00
Lay 5 or 9 3.23
Lay 4 or 10 2.44
Field Bet 5.56
Any Craps 11.11
Hardway 6 or 8 9.09
Hardway 4 or 10 11.10
Yo or 3 11.10
2 or 12 13.90
Any 7 16.70