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What is the Best Way to Play Craps?

We are not going to discuss the rules as it's out of the scope of this article. But you can get videos, guides and tutorials on the internet to help you out. You can also watch others play craps at a casino to get the hang of how things work.

After you know how to play craps, you can think about how to win at craps table. You have to know the best bets in craps that you can put your money on. On the other hand, you also need to know which bets to avoid!

Along with that, you need to manage your bankroll and work out the house edge of your bets. Only then you can increase your odds of winning craps.

The house edge of each bet decides the best bet on craps table. House edge is a factor used to evaluate the chances whether the bet will be favorable to the player or the casino.

The lower the house edge, higher are the chances of going for the best roll in craps. So one of the most important strategies to make the best bets in craps is to go for bets with lowest house edges. 

The best way to win at craps is to know the best odds in craps. As you can see from the table, the come/don’t come bets and pass/don’t pass bets have the lowest house edges. Surely they are the craps best odds you can bet on. 

Also, some of the of the following are the favorable craps odds bet-

• Field 2
• Field 12
• Place 6
• Place 8

The pass line craps is one of the most basic bets which has a low house edge of 1.41%. The bet works on a simple logic- after you have placed your wager on the pass line, the shooter rolls the dice to determine a point in the come-out roll. 

If the dice stops at 7 or 11, you win the bet 1:1. You lose the pass line craps bet if the shooter rolls 2, 3 or 12.

Any other result is taken as the point (4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10). The goal is to roll the point before the dice lands a 7. You know that 7 is most likely to come up as it's the common sum of the dice. 

You can also place an additional wager after the come-out roll on the pass line known as odds. The odds come with a house edge of 0% and payout in true odds. It's the best bet on craps table to maximize your bankroll.

The Come line on the craps table also gives you good craps bets odds. You can take advantage of a low 1.41% house edge and get paid 1:1 if you win. 
How to bet craps on Come line?
You or the shooter has to come up with a 7 or 11 to win the bet after you have placed the Come bet. If the shooter or you roll 2, 3 or 12, then you lose the bet.

The Don't Pass line is another betting option along with the pass line. You have a house edge of 1.36% which is .05% better than the Pass line with a 1.41% house edge. 
You win the Don't Pass bet if the roll of the dice points to 2 or 3. Consequently, if the dice roll stops at 7 or 11, you lose the bet. If you land up with 12, the bet is taken forwards which also increases the percentage of house edge. 
When you bet on the Don't Come line, you are placing the odds exactly on the opposite of Pass line outcomes. You are betting that the shooter will throw a 7 before the point which increases your chances of winning following the come-out roll.
Just like in case of Pass bets, you can place an additional wager on your Don't Pass bets to increase your bankroll.

The Don't Come line has the same house edge of 1.41% as the Come line. You can place your bet against the other players after the shooter comes out with a point.  

If the shooter rolls a 3 or 2 after the point, you become the winner! It's exactly the opposite of the Come line, so you lose if the dice stops at 7 or 11 in the first round. You land in a tie if the dices add up to 12.