These can be made one way each only, 1-2 on the 3 and 5-6 on the 11. The most common Easy Hops bets are on totals of 3 and 11. Three cheers to the queen for not taking advantage of a sucker too badly. The payoff is 16 to 1, or 17 for 1, which results in a house edge of 5.56%. If you find yourself in the UK or Australia, then things are better. For every dollar you bet, you can expect to get back 16/18 = 88. In the United States, most casinos will pay only 15 to 1, or 16 for 1 on any Easy Hop bet. If it is expressed as 'for,' then the win already includes the return of the original wager. If you're not familiar with the difference between 'to' and 'for' in this context, if the payoff is expressed with a 'to,' then, if you win, you also get to keep your original bet, in addition to the win. Perhaps because those who make these sucker bets like to see a big number as the win and don't care what the proposition is. I prefer to use the 'to' parlance for table games, although land casino craps tables often use the 'for' terminology for sucker bets.

With a probability of winning of 1/18, fair winning odds would be 17 to 1, or 18 for 1. If you ever make this bet, then paint a red S on your forehead to identify yourself as a sucker. If you want to make one of these bets, you will have to ask the dealer to place it for you.įor example, if you tossed the dealer $5 and said 'Yo 11,' then it would mean you want to bet $5 that the next roll will be a total of 11. The dealers like to promote these bets, probably at the direction of higher management who know that is where the largest margins are. In a land casino, you'll find all the sucker bets in the middle of the craps table. For those that can take it on faith, you don't need to bother reading further. If you can't take my advice on faith, then this article will attempt to convince you that every bet that pays more than 3 to 1 on anything is a sucker bet. However, I'm sure you've been envious when the proposition bet players seem to be winning right and left and are not shy to gloat about it. That article ran so long I closed it by advising the player to avoid all the sucker bets in the middle of the table, as opposed to going over them one by one. This article is a follow up to my earlier one on the essential bets in craps.

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