The Best and Worst Craps Bets
The craps table is covered in bet types, but only a handful are worth making. The three best bets are: Pass Line (1.41% house edge), Don't Pass (1.36%), and Come bets (1.41%). When a Point is established, adding Odds behind any of these bets is mathematically the best move in the casino — Odds pay true probability with 0% house edge.
Place Bets on 6 and 8 have a 1.52% house edge and are the third-best category. Place Bets on 5 and 9 rise to 4%, and Place Bets on 4 and 10 reach 6.67%. The Big 6 and Big 8 bets at the corner of the table pay even money on numbers that Place Bets pay 7:6 — avoid them entirely. The absolute worst bets are Proposition bets: Any 7 carries a 16.67% house edge, Hardways range from 9–11%, and Any Craps sits at 11.11%.
The practical craps strategy for Canadian online players: stick exclusively to Pass Line + maximum Odds, and optionally Place Bets on 6 and 8. Ignore everything else on the table. This approach gives you an effective house edge under 0.5% on most of your total wager.
Why Craps Looks Complicated But Isn't
A full craps table layout has around 40 different bet areas, which intimidates nearly every newcomer. But the reality is that 90% of experienced craps players stick to 2–3 bets: Pass Line, Odds, and Come (or Place Bets on 6 and 8). The rest of the table exists to attract players who don't understand the house edge differences.
The best way to learn online craps: start with free demo mode at any Canadian online casino. Play only Pass Line bets for the first 20 rounds until the Come Out / Point cycle is second nature. Then add Odds. Within an hour of practice, the mechanics become intuitive and the formerly intimidating table becomes easy to navigate. Live dealer craps adds a chat function where dealers often explain the game to new players — another great learning tool.