Originally Posted by
regnis
I am not one to claim that I make the best bets when it comes to craps, as I love the 10 and the hard 8 and 10. But I bet those when I was throwing the dice and exercising some degree of control. I actually don't ever bet the fire, the ATS, or any of the other carnival bets. But that doesn't mean that I totally disagree with Alan. Craps is a negative expectation game. Every bet except the odds bet has a house edge, and you will get ground down betting the pass (or don't pass) with odds. So you are looking for a brief period of time when the results are favorable, and if Alan is doing this with small money looking for the big hit on the gimmicks, he is still minimizing his exposure. It ain't for me, but you have to beat the math to win at craps, one way or the other.