Bet Large and Gain Little in Craps
by Aden on Aug.22, 2026, under Craps
If you decide to use this approach you really want to have a vast bankroll and amazing discipline to step away when you earn a small success. For the benefit of this essay, an example buy in of $2,000 is used.
The Horn Bet numbers are certainly not judged the "successful way to compete" and the horn bet itself carries a house edge of over twelve percent.
All you are gambling is five dollars on the pass line and a single number from the horn. It doesn’t matter if it’s a "craps" or "yo" as long as you bet it always. The Yo is more prominent with players using this system for apparent reasons.
Buy in for $2,000 when you sit down at the table however put only five dollars on the passline and $1 on either the two, three, 11, or 12. If it wins, great, if it loses press to $2. If it does not win again, press to four dollars and then to $8, then to $16 and after that add a one dollar each time. Each instance you don’t win, bet the previous wager plus a further dollar.
Adopting this approach, if for example after 15 rolls, the number you bet on (11) has not been tosses, you probably should walk away. Although, this is what might happen.
On the tenth roll, you have a total of one hundred and twenty six dollars in the game and the YO at long last hits, you gain $315 with a profit of $189. Now is a good time to march away as it is higher than what you joined the table with.
If the YO doesn’t hit until the twentieth toss, you will have a total wager of $391 and because your current bet is at $31, you gain $465 with your take of $74.
As you can see, employing this approach with only a one dollar "press," your gain becomes smaller the longer you play on without hitting. That is why you must march away after a win or you should wager a "full press" once again and then continue on with the $1.00 increase with each toss.
Crunch some numbers at home before you try this so you are very familiar at when this system becomes a non-winning affair instead of a winning one.
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