Online Craps Strategy

I am a firm believer for the best strategy to approaching any casino game, is to first familiarize yourself with the worst bets, and avoid these death traps at all costs. Casinos always win in the end because even as nominal as it may be, the house has created an edge over the player with respect to the true odds. That's why as a player, you must develop a strategy that minimizes the house's advantage in the end to improve your chances of winning in the short run. Ideally we would like to shift the advantage on us, but in the game of online craps, it is just not possible.

The best online craps strategy is once again, to find the best online casino that offers the player the greatest chance of winning. There is one bet where the house retains no edge over the player, and his winnings pay out at true odds. You're going to want to take advantage of the internet and the competitive nature of the online gambling industry. Find the casino that allows the largest multiplier for true odds betting limits. The house retains an advantage on the pass line bet, but no edge over the true odds that you can bet behind it. So logically, you are going to want to bet the minimum on the pas line, and come in for the most money that you can behind it on the true odds bets. Anything at ten times true odds or better is defiantly a game worth playing.

There are millions of craps systems that claim to minimize the house advantage, but overall, none of them can take down the house in the end. But this is where you can get creative. I'm a poker player at heart, and I tend to think like a lawyer. When I gamble, I put the main focus on not loosing and consider winning to be a bonus. With that in mind, I once realized a foolproof bet that made it impossible for me to lose. I'm sure you are familiar with the concept of hedging your bet in relationship to playing craps. In essence, all that it means is that no matter what the outcome, you will always win a small percentage of bet by covering all of your bases. If you were to bet $100 on the "don't pass" line and the shooter made a point of five, you could then place $80 on the five and lock-up a guaranteed profit. If the seven hits you will win $100 and lose $80 resulting in a net profit of $20. If it's the five that hits, you will win $114 while losing $100 resulting in a net profit of $14. Sounds nice, but in the long run you will lose money doing this because betting the don't pass line means that you have to get by the seven and the eleven on the come out roll or you ill lose your initial stake.

So getting back to my story and the one time I realized a foolproof bet. One night I was playing craps in the casino and losing. The guy next to me was constantly betting $100 on the "don't pass" line and taking down the bet if the point was a six or an eight. He had already got past the come out roll, so all he had to do was hedge the point and lock in a profit. I questioned his reasoning for taking down his bet and then offered to buy it from him. I gave $101 for a $100 "don't pass" on the six bet. Then I placed $90 on the 6, and when the seven was rolled I made $10. Had the six have been rolled first, I would have made $5, but never at any point could I lose. So in closing I offer you this. There's no such thing as a free lunch in the game of Craps, it is just not possible.