Casino & Table Games

Casino craps

Casino craps is the house-banked version of craps in which players bet against the casino on the outcomes of two dice rolls, rather than against each other.

Also called: Bank craps
House edge: Varies by bet type; for example, the field bet wins on 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, or 12, with the 2 often paying 2 to 1 and the 12 paying 3 to 1 in Las Vegas⁴
Commission: A buy bet typically carries a 5% commission (vig) charged at $1 per $20 bet²

Key points

Players wager against the house, not against other players; the casino pays or collects according to the chosen bet¹³.
Some bets, such as buy bets, include a commission or vig, which is the casino's fee for offering certain odds².
Casino craps is distinct from private or street craps, where players bet against each other and no house edge applies¹.

How to play casino craps

A player places a wager on the outcome of a roll of two dice. The shooter (the player rolling) must bet on the Pass line or Don't Pass line. The come-out roll begins the round; if the shooter rolls a 7 or 11, Pass bets win; if 2, 3 or 12, they lose. Any other number becomes the point, and the shooter continues rolling until the point or a 7 appears. The casino pays winning bets according to the odds for that bet type¹.

Common questions

How do you play casino craps?

You place a bet on the outcome of two dice rolls. The shooter rolls the dice; if they roll a 7 or 11 on the come-out, Pass line bets win. Rolling 2, 3 or 12 loses. Any other number becomes the point, and the shooter keeps rolling until the point or a 7 appears. The casino pays winning bets according to the odds for that bet.

Where this term is used

Not the same as

Craps game — the broader game that includes both player-versus-player and casino-banked forms; casino craps is specifically the house-banked variant

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Sources

Craps en.wikipedia.org Defines casino craps as the house-banked version and explains basic rules.
Vigorish - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Provides details on the vig or commission for buy bets.
Casino game en.wikipedia.org Supports the description of casino craps as a house-banked game.
Craps wizardofodds.com Gives specific payout examples for the field bet in Las Vegas.

Sources are drawn from regulators, universities and published research, and each one is labelled with what it actually is — a preprint is not called a paper. Bookmaker and affiliate pages are never cited here, because a page that sells betting is not a neutral authority on it.

Written and maintained by Ellis Warrender, writer and maintainer.

Last updated 28 July 2026. Spotted an error? Tell me and it gets fixed and logged on the corrections page.