Craps Place Bets

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To make a place bet is to bet that the shooter will shoot a place bet roll on a specific number, meaning the shooter will first shoot a certain number between 4-10, and then afterwards will shoot the same number again before rolling a 7.

Horn and Proposition Bets. Craps is a fast action game and it is the stickman's job to entice you with proposition bets. A prop bet is a one-roll bet. How to bet on roulette. You either hit the bet on the next roll or you lose! Most authorities will tell you to avoid prop bets because the house edge is so high. These bets payout at 1/1. The odds of you winning both a pass and don't pass bet is 49.3%, making this one of the best bets to place when playing craps. If you are new to the game, then this bet is a great way to get confidence around the table. The 4 and 10 pay 9-5, true odds 10-5, yielding a house edge of 6.66%. The 5 and 9 pay 7-5, true odds are 7.5-5 (house edge 4%). The 6 and 8 pay 7-6, true odds are 6-5 (house edge 1.51%. Player pays 5% 'vigorish' to get true odds on all numbers. Only the 4 and 10 make buy bets worthwhile. They reduce the house edge to 4.76%.

Even More Craps Bets: Place, Lay, Buy. By Basil Nestor. It's amazing, but pass, don't pass, come, don't come, and odds (sometimes referred to as 'free odds') make up just a fraction of the bets available on a craps table. There Basil Nestor is the author of the new Playboy Complete Guide to Casino Gambling. This wonderful book teaches. The craps payout chart below shows various payout statistics such as what kind of craps bets, true odds, payout odds and the total house edge after everything has been calculated through. Note that these payout odds in the chart listed below are not the same in every casino or on all craps tables.

Craps Place bets are made in the online craps game on a specific number to come out twice in the roll before a seven rolls.

Wagering the Place Bet

Place bet odds

Making the bet - To wager on a place bet, choose a number from 4-10 and place your bet on it before the game starts.

Placing and removing bets - If you make a place bet, you can take it back at any given time during the game. You can also make the bet itself at any given time during the game.

Coming out even - If you put a wager on a craps place bet of a certain number, lets say 8, and the player shoots 4 and then again shoots 4, you come out with a push, and get you wager back.

Place Bet Payoffs

Each place bet has a different winning ratio. Wile e coyote crash.

  • 4/10 dice roll – Pays off at a 9 to 5 ratio, real odds are 2 to 1.
  • 5/9 dice roll – Pays off at a 7 to 5 ratio, real odds are 3 to 2.
  • 6/8 dice roll – Pays off at a 7 to 6 ratio, real odds are 6 to 5.

The best house odds for the benefit of the online craps player are for the 6 and 8 place rolls.

If you choose an online craps place bet, you have to make sure you place your bet according to the dice number ratio. For example, if you bet on the 4, you have to bet at a 5 chip interval so the payoff can be made even. Place bets are one of the options to bet on the craps game. Other options include the pass line bets, the don't pass bets, the come bets, the don't come bets and the hardway bets.

Gary Heart, Gambling Expert

Craps dice

The following is a glossary of terms used in the dice game craps. Besides the terms listed here, there are many common and uncommon craps slang terms.[1][2][3]

A[edit]

ace deuce
A roll of 3

B[edit]

Big Red
The number 7 or a bet for any 7 to appear
bones
A slang term for the dice
box numbers
The place numbers (4,5,6,8,9,10)
boxcars
A roll of or bet on 12

C[edit]

center field
Nine, often called Center Field Nine
change only
when a player buys into a game specifically with cash, the 'only' means no bets are being placed at the time of the buy in. Can also be used when a player colours in. (Dealers will say this out loud so that a player can't take a shot and say he wanted a bet on X.)
Cheque change
Breaking down a chip into smaller denomination chips.
colour up
The process of changing denominations of chips to larger denominations
cold dice
also known as a cold table; an expression used when players are not hitting the established point and sevening out
come out
1. The initial roll of the shooter
2. To roll the dice when no point has been established[4]
crap out
To roll a 2, 3, or 12 on the come out roll. A player betting on the Pass line or Come loses on crap out, but the roll does not lose when a point is established. Don't Pass and Don't Come wins if a 2 or 3 craps is rolled on come out, but ties (pushes) if a 12 is rolled on come out. The shooter may continue rolling after crapping out.
craps
the numbers 2, 3, and/or 12

D[edit]

Craps Place Bets

double pitch
In dice control, when the dice stay on axis which rarely occurs (less than 5% of the rolls), but one turns two faces more than the other. If players set the dice with the same face, such as a hard ways or 3V set, the roll may likely result in a seven.
down
To remove or reduce a bet, players often say 'take it down'

E[edit]

easy way
Rolling an even number with any combination other than doubles. Applies to 4, 6, 8, and 10 only.
even money
Any bet that pays out at 1:1.

F[edit]

fever five
A roll of 5, also called five fever
free odds
Simply known as odds, is the odds which can be taken or laid behind the Pass/Come or Don't Pass/Don't Come. These are paid at true odds.
flea
A player who bets at or near table minimum, normally for extended periods of time.

G[edit]

garden
Slang for the field bet
George
A good tipper

H[edit]

hard way
Rolling a 4, 6, 8, 10 with a pair of the same number
hi-lo
a single roll bet for 2 or 12
hi-lo-yo
a single roll bet for 2, 11, or 12
high
A bet on or roll of 12, also see boxcars
hop
A single roll bet for a specific combination of dice to come out. Pays 15:1 for easy ways and 30:1 for hard ways
horn
A divided bet on the 2, 3, 11, 12
horn high
A horn bet with addition units going to a specific number. For example 'horn high ace deuce' would generally mean a 5 unit bet with 2 units going on the 3.
hot dice
also known as a hot table; an expression used when players are hitting the established points or rolling for long durations without seven outs

I[edit]

inside numbers
betting on the 5, 6, 8, 9

L[edit]

lay
To bet on a seven to come before a specific point number. Lays are paid at true odds with commission taken.
lay odds
To give odds behind a Don't Pass or Don't Come. Betting against the shooter
Little Joe
Point 4
low
a single roll bet for a 2

M[edit]

mechanic
A shooter who allegedly implements dice control

N[edit]

natural
Rolling a 7 or 11 on the come out roll
Nina
Rolling or betting on a 9

O[edit]

Off
1. The come out roll; when no point has been established
2. To have a bet on the table but not in play. The bet can not be won from or lost when it is Off.
On
1. When a point has been established
2. A bet that is in play (working).
outside numbers
betting on the 4, 5, 9, 10

P[edit]

Place

Making the bet - To wager on a place bet, choose a number from 4-10 and place your bet on it before the game starts.

Placing and removing bets - If you make a place bet, you can take it back at any given time during the game. You can also make the bet itself at any given time during the game.

Coming out even - If you put a wager on a craps place bet of a certain number, lets say 8, and the player shoots 4 and then again shoots 4, you come out with a push, and get you wager back.

Place Bet Payoffs

Each place bet has a different winning ratio. Wile e coyote crash.

  • 4/10 dice roll – Pays off at a 9 to 5 ratio, real odds are 2 to 1.
  • 5/9 dice roll – Pays off at a 7 to 5 ratio, real odds are 3 to 2.
  • 6/8 dice roll – Pays off at a 7 to 6 ratio, real odds are 6 to 5.

The best house odds for the benefit of the online craps player are for the 6 and 8 place rolls.

If you choose an online craps place bet, you have to make sure you place your bet according to the dice number ratio. For example, if you bet on the 4, you have to bet at a 5 chip interval so the payoff can be made even. Place bets are one of the options to bet on the craps game. Other options include the pass line bets, the don't pass bets, the come bets, the don't come bets and the hardway bets.

Gary Heart, Gambling Expert

Craps dice

The following is a glossary of terms used in the dice game craps. Besides the terms listed here, there are many common and uncommon craps slang terms.[1][2][3]

A[edit]

ace deuce
A roll of 3

B[edit]

Big Red
The number 7 or a bet for any 7 to appear
bones
A slang term for the dice
box numbers
The place numbers (4,5,6,8,9,10)
boxcars
A roll of or bet on 12

C[edit]

center field
Nine, often called Center Field Nine
change only
when a player buys into a game specifically with cash, the 'only' means no bets are being placed at the time of the buy in. Can also be used when a player colours in. (Dealers will say this out loud so that a player can't take a shot and say he wanted a bet on X.)
Cheque change
Breaking down a chip into smaller denomination chips.
colour up
The process of changing denominations of chips to larger denominations
cold dice
also known as a cold table; an expression used when players are not hitting the established point and sevening out
come out
1. The initial roll of the shooter
2. To roll the dice when no point has been established[4]
crap out
To roll a 2, 3, or 12 on the come out roll. A player betting on the Pass line or Come loses on crap out, but the roll does not lose when a point is established. Don't Pass and Don't Come wins if a 2 or 3 craps is rolled on come out, but ties (pushes) if a 12 is rolled on come out. The shooter may continue rolling after crapping out.
craps
the numbers 2, 3, and/or 12

D[edit]

Craps Place Bets

double pitch
In dice control, when the dice stay on axis which rarely occurs (less than 5% of the rolls), but one turns two faces more than the other. If players set the dice with the same face, such as a hard ways or 3V set, the roll may likely result in a seven.
down
To remove or reduce a bet, players often say 'take it down'

E[edit]

easy way
Rolling an even number with any combination other than doubles. Applies to 4, 6, 8, and 10 only.
even money
Any bet that pays out at 1:1.

F[edit]

fever five
A roll of 5, also called five fever
free odds
Simply known as odds, is the odds which can be taken or laid behind the Pass/Come or Don't Pass/Don't Come. These are paid at true odds.
flea
A player who bets at or near table minimum, normally for extended periods of time.

G[edit]

garden
Slang for the field bet
George
A good tipper

H[edit]

hard way
Rolling a 4, 6, 8, 10 with a pair of the same number
hi-lo
a single roll bet for 2 or 12
hi-lo-yo
a single roll bet for 2, 11, or 12
high
A bet on or roll of 12, also see boxcars
hop
A single roll bet for a specific combination of dice to come out. Pays 15:1 for easy ways and 30:1 for hard ways
horn
A divided bet on the 2, 3, 11, 12
horn high
A horn bet with addition units going to a specific number. For example 'horn high ace deuce' would generally mean a 5 unit bet with 2 units going on the 3.
hot dice
also known as a hot table; an expression used when players are hitting the established points or rolling for long durations without seven outs

I[edit]

inside numbers
betting on the 5, 6, 8, 9

L[edit]

lay
To bet on a seven to come before a specific point number. Lays are paid at true odds with commission taken.
lay odds
To give odds behind a Don't Pass or Don't Come. Betting against the shooter
Little Joe
Point 4
low
a single roll bet for a 2

M[edit]

mechanic
A shooter who allegedly implements dice control

N[edit]

natural
Rolling a 7 or 11 on the come out roll
Nina
Rolling or betting on a 9

O[edit]

Off
1. The come out roll; when no point has been established
2. To have a bet on the table but not in play. The bet can not be won from or lost when it is Off.
On
1. When a point has been established
2. A bet that is in play (working).
outside numbers
betting on the 4, 5, 9, 10

P[edit]

parley
To parley a bet is to take all the winnings from the previous bet (or up to maximum allowed for bet if winnings exceed maximum) and add it to the next bet.
press
To double a bet, players generally say 'press it' when doubling a bet, players can also press an additional one or more units and can increase the bet less than the original bet by saying 'press X units'
push
a tie

S[edit]

same bet
To keep the previous winning bet as is. If a player says same bet it does not mean to double the bet, that is referred to as 'pressing it'
seven out
A roll of 7 when the point is On. All bets on Pass, Pass Odds, Come, Come Odds, Place bets, Buy bets, hard ways and any single roll bets not for a seven loses. All bets on Don't Pass, Don't Pass Odds, Don't Come, Don't Come Odds, Lay bets and any single roll bets for a seven wins.
snake eyes
A roll of 2
stroker
A player who makes bets overly complicated and/or gives dealers unnecessary additional work

T[edit]

take odds
To bet odds behind a Pass or Come. Betting with the shooter[5]
take down
See down
true odds
The real odds for payout where house edge is 0%

W[edit]

working
A bet which is in play and can be won or lost.
whirl
A five-unit bet that is a combination of a horn and any-seven bet, with the idea that if a seven is rolled the bet is a push, because the money won on the seven is lost on the horn portions of the bet. The combine odds are 26:5 on the 2, 12, 11:5 on the 3, 11, and a push on the 7.
world
See whirl
wrong way bettor
When a person is betting against the shooter on the Don't Pass Line.

Y[edit]

yo
A roll or bet on 11 (6-5, 5-6), short for Yo-leven

References[edit]

Craps Place Bets Across Chart

  1. ^'Craps Lingo'. readybetgo.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  2. ^'Craps Etiquette and Lingo Casino Gambling Game Rules and Strategy Guide'. VegasTripping.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. ^Jack Botermans (2008). The Book of Games: Strategy, Tactics & History. Sterling. pp. 545–. ISBN978-1-4027-4221-7.
  4. ^Craps A Smart Shooters Guide. Cardoza Publishing. pp. 24–. ISBN978-1-58042-576-6.
  5. ^R. D. Ellison (2001). Gamble to Win: Craps. Lyle Stuart, Kensington Publishing Corporation. pp. 42–. ISBN978-0-8184-0621-8.
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