Those are the same numbers that become points if the shooter rolls them on the comeout, and the same numbers available to right bettors as place bets. There are six craps lay bets available to dark siders. The house edge is even slightly lower at 1.36 percent on don’t pass/don’t come than the 1.41 percent on pass/come.

Yes, there are wrong bets in craps, but there’s nothing wrong with betting the shooter will roll a 7 before the number that would win for “right” bettors. Lay bets in craps are the opposite of place bets for the “right” bettors who bet with the shooter.īefore the explanation, one aside: Don’t let the “Dark Side Craps” and “Wrong Craps” nicknames get to you. When craps players bet against the shooter in a live casino table, the most common strategy is to play don’t pass and don’t come.īacking those bets by laying the free odds cuts the house edge to the bone for “Dark Side” or “wrong bettor” – as the majority who bet with the shooter refer to don’t players.īut what if you’re a dark sider craps player who wants to choose the numbers you’re betting against? What if you don’t want to wait for the shooter to establish a point on the comeout roll, as you do on don’t pass and don’t come as well as on pass and come?ĭon’t bettors can choose their number with lay bets.

Craps hedge against 6 and 8