The craps rules might look complex if you’re new to the world of casino games. However, if you are a craps novice you should not be frightened by the disordered craps table layout or the confusing surroundings- read Craps Beginner Guide First, then take a look at Good and Bad Craps bets and only then return to the strategy discussed below.

The best craps strategy is “merging” Pass Line or Don’t Pass with Odds Bet. According to the rules that allow bet on Odds maximum the same to Pass or Don’t Pass Line bet size, the basic statistics for strategy look as follows:

	Pass Line	Pass Line +Odds	Don’t Pass	Don’t Pass +Odds
Winning Probability %	49.2929	49.2929	47.9293	47.9293
Tie Probability %	-	-	02.7778	02.7778
Loss Probability,%	50.7071	50.7071	49.2929	49.2929
Average Bet	1	5/3	1	5/3
Player Edge	-0.0141	-0.0141	-0.0136	-0.0136
Player Edge,%	-1.4141	-0.8485	-1.3636	-0.8182
Standard Deviation	0.9999	1.8930	0.9859	1.5868
Standard Deviation, %	99.9900	113.5830	98.5919	95.2060

The next figure shows the spreading of net results after 300 rounds. One round means the game interval from Come Out Roll to roll where bet result is determinate. The primary bet sizes is 30 units for ease’s sake (and also please note that all payoffs are natural numbers in this case).

Net results distribution after 300 rounds :

Don’t Pass + Odds ; Pass Line + Odds

The progress of net win probability up to 3000 rounds is showing on the following figure. The values of probability to have a positive game result after 3000 rounds are: 31.87% for Don’t Pass + Odds and 34.10% for Pass Line + Odds.

Progress of Net Win Probability :

Don’t Pass + Odds ; Pass Line + Odds