Crapless Craps — no crapping out, ever.

New to crapless craps?

If you've never rolled dice before, start with the crapless craps how-to-play guide — this page is the rules reference. Already know standard craps? The craps rules pagecovers everything that's the same between the two games.

The twist: you can't crap out

In standard craps, rolling a 2, 3, or 12 on the come-out immediately loses the pass line — those are the craps numbers. Crapless craps eliminates that. On the come-out, the only outcome that wins the pass line is a 7. Every other number — including 2, 3, 11, and 12 — becomes a point that the shooter must repeat before a 7.

That means eleven no longer wins on the come-out. In standard craps a natural 11 pays 1:1 immediately. Here it's just another number to chase. The flip side is that 2, 3, and 12 no longer lose either — they become points you can hit.

The result is ten point numbers: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Once a point is set, the round plays out exactly as in standard craps — hit the point again before a 7 and the pass line wins; roll a 7 first and it loses.

What's missing: no dark side

Crapless craps has no don't-pass, no don't-come, and no lay bets. The dark side of the table simply doesn't exist in this variant. If you like betting against the shooter, this isn't your game — stick with standard craps.

Place bets, buy bets, come bets, field bets, hardways, and proposition bets are all still available. The biggest structural change is to place and buy, which now extend to 2, 3, 11, and 12 in addition to the standard 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10.

The outside numbers: 2, 3, 11, and 12

These four numbers are where crapless craps gets interesting. They're hard to roll — only one way to make a 2 (1+1) or 12 (6+6), and two ways each to make 3 (1+2, 2+1) or 11 (5+6, 6+5). The true odds reflect that difficulty:

• 2 and 12: true odds 6:1 (one combination vs. six ways to roll a 7)
• 3 and 11: true odds 3:1 (two combinations vs. six ways to roll a 7)

Place bets on these numbers pay 11:2 on the 2 and 12, and 11:4 on the 3 and 11. That's worse than true odds — but buying these numbers at 5% commission on the win gets you remarkably close to fair.

The price: a higher pass-line edge

The pass line in crapless craps carries a 5.38% house edge. Standard craps carries 1.41%. That gap exists for a single reason: in standard craps, rolling an 11 on the come-out wins immediately and shifts probability in the player's favor. Remove that win and the math flips hard against you.

The lobby card is honest about it: “Higher house edge than craps.” You're trading the chance to crap out for a significantly worse expected value on your core bet. Whether that trade is worth it depends on whether the “you can never crap out” experience is worth nearly four times the edge. For most players grinding a session, it isn't. For the pure enjoyment of a longer come-out roll — make your own call.

Free odds behind the pass line still carry zero house edge here, the same as in standard craps. The 3-4-5x ladder extends down the new points — 1× odds on the 2 and 12, 2× on the 3 and 11, then the usual 3× on 4/10, 4× on 5/9, and 5× on 6/8 — so a maxed odds bet always wins six times your flat bet. Stack them as high as the table allows to dilute the flat-bet edge.

Full odds table

Everything else is the same

Field payouts, hardways, proposition bets, come bets, free odds structure — all work identically to standard craps. The craps rules page covers every bet in detail; nothing on that page has changed for crapless except the come-out rules, the point numbers, and the absence of the dark side.