Craps Buy Or Place
Buy Bets allow a gambler to be paid true odds. To receive those odds, the gambler pays a 5% commission on winning bets. Buy Bets are made on one of the “point” numbers: 4,5,6,8,9, and 10.
Re: Craps: Place vs Buy Bets. At most casinos, as a courtesy, they will automatically buy your 4 and 10 for you. A $10 bet will pay $19 instead of $18. As you can see here, the payouts are slightly lower than true odds. The house edge for place 4 and place 10 is 6.67%, the house edge for place 5 and place 9 is 4.00% and the house edge for place 6 and place 8 is a very nice 1.57%. I tried to provide a screenshot of different place bets below. Place a come bet if the come-out roll has already happened. If you get to the craps table after a round starts, you’re in luck. Place your chips on the come space for a bet that is very similar to the pass bet. When the shooter rolls a 7 or 11, you win.
That means there are six different buy bets: The Buy 4, Buy 5, Buy 6, Buy 8, Buy 9, and Buy 10 wagers. As an example, to win a Buy 8 bet, the shooter needs to roll an 8 before they roll a 7.
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Different buy bets have disparate payoffs. The Buy 6 and Buy 8 bets pay out 23 to 21, while they have a house edge of 4.76%. The Buy 5 and Buy 8 bets pay out 29 to 21, while they have a house edge of 4.76%. The Buy 4 and Buy 10 bets pay 39 to 21 and have a house edge of 4.76%.
Craps Lay Buy Place
Players might wonder why the house edge on these wagers is 4.76%, if we said earlier that these wagers pay true odds. That has to do with the 5% commission paid on these bets, which produces a house edge for the casino.