The best of these is the field bet, but this still has an edge against the player of 5.56%. The first bets for the scrapheap are all of the single roll bets.

So which bets should we play and which should be avoided? Don’t Bet The Single Roll

All percentages in this article refer to this edge per roll. For more information on each of the individual bets, what they are and how they work, please see our “how to play” article where they are outlined in more detail but here we focus on the best and worst bets to make.Īs some wagers are settled on a single roll, whilst others can take numerous rolls, the fairest way in which to compare the various bets on offer is to use the edge against the player per roll of the dice. In craps the edge against the player varies widely across the numerous betting options available. Craps is unlike a game such as roulette where whichever bet on the table is selected, be it red or black, splits, single numbers, rows or corners, the percentage edge in favour of the house will remain largely the same.