What's my edge in craps?

[Alan Mendelson]

Eddie wrote "At first you say you win betting the Small/Tall/All when you need to hit at least 5 numbers (including a 2, 12 or both) but then you sound like it's difficult to roll them when you are betting the Field."

If it were easy to roll 2s and 12s players would be hitting the Bonus bets all the time.

Consider the numbers in the field:
2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12

Four of those numbers are horn numbers and are considered sucker bets or crazy crapper bets. If you made them as horn bets the 2 and 12 would pay 30 but on the field they pay 2 or 3.

On the horn the 3 and 11 pay 15, but on the horn they pay even.

Even the 4 and 10 pay even money on the field but if placed would pay almost double.

Do you still want to bet the field?

I know what the payoffs are on the Field and on the Horn bets.

The point I was trying to make was that if you are indeed hitting the Small/Tall/All frequently enough to record a profit, then having an Iron Cross up all the time would make you even more profit wouldn't it?

I don't know is the answer. I do know that instead of betting $10 on the field I'd rather use that $10 on the place 4 or 10.