Re: Teach me to play craps
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Another question: do you take more odds on certain points?
[/ QUOTE ]I'd say no. Make the same odds bet each time. It should all average out in the long run. You could reduce the variance a bit by betting less on 4/10 and 5/9--I've seen casinos that have something like 3x odds on 4/10, 4x odds on 5/9, and 5x odds on 6/8 as well as others that limit you to low odds amounts like 2x but then allow "full double odds" on 6/8, i.e. 2.5x, but I say make the same bet each time.
What you should do is figure out how much you're willing to bet and then figure out how to make the largest odds bet possible. Say a casino offers 20x odds. If I wanted to bet $100 each time, I'd probably bet $5 on the pass line and $95 on the odds. Then, of course, the question is what's the increase in house edge betting 19x odds instead of 20x odds and would I be better off overall betting that extra $5.
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