You Won’t Be Able to Win Without These 5 Craps Secrets

Most people enjoy playing craps because it’s simple. I know it doesn’t look simple if you’ve never played, but once you understand exactly how it works, craps is an extremely simple game.

The top craps strategy only uses two wagers. One of these wagers is on the come-out rolls, and the other is when a point gets set. The rest of the wagers at the craps table are best left alone.

You can learn more about how to play craps in a casino with a high return to player percentage by reading the five secrets listed in this article.

1 – The Secret Craps Odds Bet

These first two secrets, covered in this section and the next section, are shorter than the secrets in the last three sections of this article. The reason why these two sections are a little shorter is because the concepts are simple to grasp.

You only need to know how to make two wagers when you play real money craps. I know there are plenty of betting options available, but none of them offer a return as high as the two I cover in this section and the next section.

When a point is set at the craps table, you have the opportunity to place a bet called the “odds.” The reason why the odds wager is special is because it doesn’t have an edge for the casino. But you aren’t allowed to place this special bet until after you place a bet on a come-out roll.

So, every time you place a come-out roll bet and the point is set, go ahead and place an odds bet. Ask the dealer how to place the odds if you’ve never played before.

2 – Don’t Pass Bets

The other craps bets you’re going to make is on the come-out roll. Come-out rolls have two main wager options—the pass and don’t pass lines.

Both of these options are decent in comparison to many other bets in the casino, and they’re better than all of the other craps wager options except the odds.

But one of these options is a little bit better than the other. Don’t pass is .05% better in the long run than the pass line option. This isn’t much of a difference, but it will add up over time.

Make a wager on don’t pass. Then, after a point gets set, use the odds bet. These are the two wagers that smart craps players make! There’s no point in bothering with any of the other wager types. Those are usually losing propositions.

3 – Craps Bonuses and Comps

The best craps gamblers know that even when they do everything they can to win, the casino still holds a small edge. But there are a couple of things you can do beyond making don’t pass and odds wagers that help your overall returns.

What you can do depends on where you’re playing craps. When you play live craps in a land-based casino, you can earn comps. When you play craps at any of the top online casinos or mobile casino apps, you can get a bonus when you make a deposit.

Craps comps and bonuses work a different way, but they both can help you. When you get comps for your craps play, the casino gives back a percentage of your losses based on how much you play. This can be in the form of cash, but usually, it’s in the form of goods or services.

When you get a bonus for craps play, you get extra money up front to build your bankroll. This isn’t exactly like real cash because you have to meet the requirements of the bonus, but it plays just like real cash.

The only time that a bonus isn’t just like cash is when you withdraw money from the casino. This is why it’s important to read the terms of every bonus. Some bonuses can be cashed out when you clear them, and some are deducted from your balance once you’re done playing.

It’s not common, but a few online and mobile casinos allow you to use a bonus and earn comps at the same time. When you find this set up, you’re playing crapps with the best of both worlds.

4 –Mobile or Online Craps Is the Best Choice

All craps games offer the same bets and the same odds of winning. The only difference is the amount of money you’re allowed to risk on the odds wager option. This is true whether you play craps in a mobile casino, in an online casino, or if you play craps live in a land-based casino.

I still recommend playing craps in an online or mobile casino for most gamblers. The only exception is if you try to use setting and throwing control. You’re going to learn more about this in the next section.

The reasons why I suggest playing craps online and on your mobile device is because you can make smaller bets online, and you have more control over how fast the craps game plays.

In addition, you can often double your bankroll when you play mobile and online craps just by using a bonus. When was the last time you walked into a casino in person and they offered to match 100% of your first “deposit?”

When you play craps at an online or mobile casino, you can usually play for $1. This alone reduces how much you lose by 10 to 20 times, and it also lets you play 10 to 20 times longer on the same bankroll.

You can also control how many rolls of the dice are put in play over time when you play craps online. This can work against you if you try to play craps too fast, but you can play slower to reduce the number of rolls over time as well.

5 – Setting and Throwing

This final craps secret is controversial. In fact, most craps players that know about this secret don’t even think that it’s real. But this secret is so powerful that if it has any chance of being real, you have to consider it.

A small group of craps players believe that you can control the dice when you throw them. The general idea is you place the dice, or set them, a particular way when you throw them. This means that you put the numbers on the dice facing the same way every time, then pick them up using the exact same grip every time.

Then, you practice throwing dice thousands of times to train your arm to make the same throwing motion the exact same way every single time you throw. This might be similar to how a Major League Baseball pitcher trains to throw the same pitch the same way every time.

The theory is that if you can do this, you can have some control over the results of your dice throws. And if you can control that, then you can turn the odds in your favor.

Whether or not you can get an edge if you can learn how to use this technique isn’t up for argument. The mathematical fact is that you can get an edge if you can control the dice. And you don’t have to be perfect at this to get an edge. You only need to alter the results of the dice roll a small percentage of the time to get an edge.

This is why I recommend investigating dice control. I can’t make it work, but if you can, then you can certainly win more often. My guess is that if it does work at all, then it requires as much practice as the best MLB pitchers have had. And when you realize that these pitchers have been practicing their entire life, you’ll quickly realize how hard this is going to be.

And if dice control doesn’t work, you’re not any worse off than the craps players that aren’t trying to control the dice.

Conclusion

When you make the best two wagers when you play craps, the only games that offer a higher rate of return in the casinos are blackjack, video poker, and baccarat. And you have to play each of those three games using perfect strategy just to get a high rate of return.

It’s simple to use the best possible strategy when you play craps. It’s all about the odds and don’t pass bets. And when you play craps at mobile and online casinos, it’s even better.

Finally, if you can somehow learn how to set and throw the dice the same way every time, it might just help push the odds in your favor.