If you understand how to play craps and don't need a crash course, you still might not understand proposition or horn bets. Horn bets make craps fun!
Most players start with a simple pass line bet where the house edge is a tiny 1.41 percent. A pass line bet wins when 7 or 11 is thrown on the first roll, loses when 2, 3, or 12 is thrown on the first roll and is in serious limbo when a 'point' is established should 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 total on the dice. To win, that number must roll again before 7 comes up on the dice. That's craps, almost as easy as blackjack once you get the hang of it.
Odds for the Come Bet. The Come bet is among the most basic types of bets one can place at the craps table. Since its chances of winning are greater, it pays out even money meaning that if you place a $10 wager, you can win another $10. If a player is new to the Craps table and wants to make a line bet his best option is to make a Come Bet. One you would make this bet is because you don’t have to forgo the come out roll. About 45% of wins on line bets are from the come out roll. So by placing a Come Bet you aren’t forfeiting any profits. By the same token, a don’t come bet is like a personalized don’t pass bet. It will lose if a 7 or 11 comes up on the first roll after you place it, and win if a 2 or 3 is rolled. Any other number establishes the point for your don’t come wager, which will then stay in place until it either wins or loses. The come bet works much like the pass line bet and it is one of the most popular wagers on the table with some of the best odds and lowest house edge. The only difference between the come bet and the pass line bet is that you are wagering on the come bet only after a point has been established.
However, you don't need a pass line bet to play at the craps table, and if you get bored waiting for your pass or don't pass bet to hit, there are plenty of other places to put your chips.
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. 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. I won't. I like prop bets because they are fun and add a lot of excitement to the game.
When the stickman asks, 'anybody on eleven,' he wants you to toss him a chip for the next roll coming up an eleven. If it rolls, you will be paid 15 to 1 or 15 for 1, depending on where you are playing. That's a nice payoff and you can usually make the bet for as little as a dollar. A two-way eleven is half for the dealers and half for the player if it hits.
Sure, the house edge is 11.11 percent (if you are getting 15 to 1) on a eleven bet, but if you make a $1 bet every ten minutes and play for six hours, it only costs you $4 on average because you will win the bet twice in 36 rolls and get back $32. The fun part is when a lot of elevens are rolling and you get paid more often.
There are plenty of other prop bets on a crap game. The bets, how many times they will average rolling and the house edge are: Beach life game.
- Two - 1 time in 36 - pays 30 to 1 - House Edge 13.89 percent
- Three - 2 times in 36 - pays 15 to 1 - House Edge 11.11 percent
- 12 - 1 time in 36 - pays 30 to 1 - House Edge 13.89 percent
- Any craps - 4 times in 36 - pays 7 to 1 - House Edge 11.11 percent
- Any seven - 6 times in 36 - pays 4 to 1 - House Edge 16.67 percent
Horn Bets
Like prop bets, you must ask for a horn bet and either toss the chips to the stickman or tell the inside dealer well before the dice 'total' and a number is made. Don't just throw your chips into the stickman's other bets!
A horn bet is split between 2, 3, 11 and 12—and is a single roll bet. A $4 horn bet is $1 on each number, so when 3 or 11 hits you get paid $12 or 3 to 1 on your bet. This is because you lose $1 on the 2, 11 and 12 and your bet stays up on the horn, so the dealer deducts $3 from your 15-1 payoff and gives you $12.
If a 2 or 12 rolls, you win $30 minus the three $1 losing bets and receive $27. You can bet any amount on the horn and when 3 or 11 rolls they will multiply your bet by three and pay you. When 2 or 12 rolls they will multiply your bet by 6.75 and pay you.
Horn High and World Bets
Horn high and world bets are for $5 increments. When you bet a horn high 12, $2 is on the number 12 and $1 is on 2, 3 and 11. You have to call out 'Horn High' and choose where that extra dollar goes (2, 3, 11 or 12).
When you place a world bet, you have $1 on 2, 3, 11, 12 and also 7. Again, the stickman will tell the inside dealer what to pay you and your original bet will stay up for the next roll. Yes, you are allowed to take it down.
If a player is new to the Craps table and wants to make a line bet his best option is to make a Come Bet. One you would make this bet is because you don’t have to forgo the come out roll. About 45% of wins on line bets are from the come out roll. So by placing a Come Bet you aren’t forfeiting any profits.
Come Bet Rules
What Is A Come Bet In Craps
The rules that the Come Bet work by are the same as the Pass Line bet. The only difference is that you won’t be at the same part of the round as the shooter. The shooter will be rolling to hit his point, but this will be your come out roll. Symptoms of a gambler.
If the come out roll is a 7 or 11 you win, just like a normal line bet. You also lose when a 2, 3 or 12 is rolled. If a 4,5,6,8,9 or 10 is rolled that is your point, just like a normal line bet.
As alluded to above, the only difference is that when you make a Come Bet you will be at a different stage of the round as the shooter. So while they may hit their point and move onto a new round, that doesn’t affect your Come Bet. Only your point number or a 7 will finish the round for you.
Example of Making a Come Bet
The shooter has made a point of 5. You then place a Come Bet on the table. The shooter rolls a 9. The 9 is now your point. A marker will be placed on the 9 box for your Come Bet. The shooter then rolls a 5 on his next roll. This ends his round as he has rolled his point. This DOES NOT affect you in any way. Your round will not finish until the shooter rolls a 9 or a 7, just like in a normal Pass Line bet.
Craps Come Bet Rules
To summarise what a Come Bet is, is not really hard. It is the exact same thing as a Pass line bet except the bet is at a different stage of the round. You aren’t betting on the same point as the shooter, in a way you are in your own game. You have you own point and keep playing until your individual round is over.