When you want to be the next roll will bring two specific numbers on the dice, you want a hop bet.įor example, if you want to bet the next roll will be a 6 on one die and a 4 on the other, you ask the dealer for 6-4 on the hop, or 6-4 hopping. You have to know they're available to make them.

There's not a space on the layout to illustrate them. Hop bets are prime offering on craps' secret menu.

The lower right cell shows a house edge of 5.56%.There are dozens of craps bets advertised right on the live casino table felt - wagers including pass and don't pass, come and don't come, place numbers, the field, hardways, one-roll propositions.īut in some ways craps is like an American fast-food restaurant with a secret menu, ways of combining standard ingredients that aren't listed on the big board but are known to customers and workers alike.

The following table shows my analysis of the Field bet.

Any craps - This single-roll bet pays 7-1 on a total of 2, 3, or 12.

Any double - This single-roll bet pays 4-1 on a double.

Any seven - This single-roll bet pays 4-1 on a total of 7.

Easy hops - Pays 15-1 on any specific combination of two different faces, for example 1-3 or 4-5.

Hard hops - Pays 30-1 on any specific double, for example 1-1 or 4-4.

Field - Pays 2-1 on a total of 2 or 12, 1-1 on totals of 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 and loses on all others.

Rulesįollowing is a list of the bets available. Hop bets are a long-shot bet in craps on a specific dice roll, like 1-6 or 5-5. The name is a play on words, referring to 'prop' bets and 'hop' bets. It is pretty much the game of craps with all the best bets removed leaving only the sucker bets. Props and Hops is a craps variant that got its debut at the Sugar House casino in Pennsylvania in 2014.

Craps hop 6 and 8