Online Craps in Australia (2026): The Bets Worth Making, the Ones That Are Not, and Where the Table Is
Craps has the worst reputation for complexity of any casino game and the simplest good strategy. The table carries forty-odd bets; two of them are among the cheapest wagers in the building, one is free of house edge entirely, and the rest exist to sell the layout. Learn which is which and the noise goes away. Below: how a round runs, every common bet with its price, what an hour costs, and — the part that changes from site to site — which of the casinos we review carry craps and what their bonus terms do to it.
How a round runs
A round begins with the come-out roll. A Pass Line bet wins on 7 or 11, loses on 2, 3 or 12, and on any other total — 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 — that number becomes the point. The shooter then rolls until either the point repeats (Pass wins) or a 7 arrives (Pass loses). That is the whole game; every other bet is a side wager on some part of that sequence. Don't Pass is the mirror image: it loses on 7 or 11 at the come-out, wins on 2 or 3, pushes on 12, and after a point is set it wins if the 7 comes before the point. Online, you are always the shooter, and the “roll” is a random-number draw or, at a live table, a dealer's throw. The full sequence with the table layout is on our beginners' page.
The dice, in one table
Two dice give 36 equally likely combinations. Every price on the layout follows from this table.
| Total | Ways | Probability | True odds against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 or 12 | 1 each | 2.78% | 35 to 1 |
| 3 or 11 | 2 each | 5.56% | 17 to 1 |
| 4 or 10 | 3 each | 8.33% | 11 to 1 |
| 5 or 9 | 4 each | 11.11% | 8 to 1 |
| 6 or 8 | 5 each | 13.89% | 31 to 5 |
| 7 | 6 | 16.67% | 5 to 1 |
The 7 is the most common total, which is why it wins the come-out and ends the point. A point of 6 or 8 repeats before a 7 on 5 rolls in 11 (45.5%); a point of 4 or 10 only on 3 in 9 (33.3%). Those two ratios are the whole reason a Pass Line bet costs what it does.
Every common bet and its price
House edge is the expected cost per dollar wagered, resolved when the bet is decided. Bets are grouped by whether they are worth making.
| Bet | Pays | House edge | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass Line | 1:1 | 1.41% | The bet the game is built on |
| Don't Pass (bar 12) | 1:1 | 1.36% | Fractionally cheaper; same maths, opposite side |
| Come / Don't Come | 1:1 | 1.41% / 1.36% | Pass and Don't Pass made mid-round; identical price |
| Free odds behind any of the above | True odds | 0% | The only bet with no edge — see below |
| Place 6 or 8 | 7:6 | 1.52% | Acceptable; the best of the place bets |
| Place 5 or 9 | 7:5 | 4.00% | Expensive |
| Place 4 or 10 | 9:5 | 6.67% | Expensive; buy them instead if the site charges commission only on wins |
| Field (2 and 12 pay double) | 1:1, 2:1 on 2 and 12 | 5.56% | Expensive; 2.78% only where one of 2/12 pays triple |
| Hardway 6 or 8 | 9:1 | 9.09% | Layout decoration |
| Hardway 4 or 10 | 7:1 | 11.11% | Layout decoration |
| Any Craps | 7:1 | 11.11% | Layout decoration |
| Any Seven | 4:1 | 16.67% | The most expensive bet on the table |
The pattern is simple. The line bets and the free odds behind them cost about 1.4% or less; Place 6 and 8 are close behind; everything in the middle of the layout — the propositions the stick-person calls out — costs five to twelve times as much. A player who never bets anything but Pass, Don't Pass, Come, their free odds and Place 6/8 is playing a game with an edge under 1.5%, which puts craps beside baccarat on Banker as the cheapest seat in the casino. A player who takes the propositions is playing a game priced like a poor pokie.
Free odds: the one bet with no edge
Once a point is set, a Pass Line bettor may put an additional bet behind the line that pays at true odds: 2:1 on 4 or 10, 3:2 on 5 or 9, 6:5 on 6 or 8. Because the payout exactly matches the probability, the house edge on the odds bet is zero — the only such wager in a casino. Its effect is to dilute the Pass Line's 1.41%: with single odds the combined edge on the money at risk is 0.85%, with double odds 0.61%, with the common “3-4-5×” limit 0.37%. The odds bet does not make you money; nothing at a craps table does. It lets you put more money on the layout at a lower blended price, which is worth doing only if you were going to bet that money anyway. Online tables state the maximum odds multiple in the game rules; it is the single most useful number on the info screen.
What an hour of craps costs
A Pass Line bet is decided roughly every three and a half rolls; at a brisk RNG table of 100 rolls an hour that is about 30 decisions. At A$10 flat on the Pass Line, 30 decisions cost A$4.23 an hour in expectation. Add double odds and the expected cost stays A$4.23 — the odds carry no edge — while the money in play triples and the swings with it. Move the same A$10 to the Field each roll and the hour costs A$55.60; to Any Seven, A$166.70. Variance will hide these figures in any single session; they are the price of the seat. How that compares with other live games is in our live casino guide.
Which casinos carry craps, and how the terms treat it
Craps is a niche title in Australian-facing lobbies, and the more important column is the last one: several operators exclude it from bonus play altogether. Lobby facts are from each casino's own landing page on 19 September 2026; bonus treatment is quoted from the general terms. Scores are the ones on our reviews and reflect withdrawal terms, not the craps table.
| Casino | Score | Craps on the lobby page | Craps under a bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Billy Visit → | 7.5 | Named eight times, with its own “Online Craps” category | Set per promotion; “maximum bet is 1000 EUR” on table and live games while a bonus is active |
| Golden Crown Visit → | 8.0 | Named | Set per promotion |
| Woo Casino Visit → | 7.8 | Named | Set per promotion |
| Dundee Slots, BitStarz | 7.3 / 4.5 | Named once each | Dundee Slots: per promotion; BitStarz: not stated |
| Jackpot Jill, King Johnnie | 4.3 / 4.8 | “Online Craps” in the games menu | Not stated in the general terms; 24-hour reversible hold and 10% fee on unwagered cash-outs apply to any win |
| Casino Mate | 4.3 | Listed among table games | Not stated |
| Shazam, Lucky Tiger | 4.5 | Named (Shazam six times) | “Cannot be played with bonus funds” — craps is on the excluded list, with baccarat, roulette and Dragon Tiger |
| Rich Palms | 5.3 | Not on the landing page | Excluded from bonus play, as Shazam |
| Ozwin, Fair Go | 5.4 / 4.8 | Not on the landing page | “Craps … will not count towards this wagering requirement” |
| PlayAmo, CasinoChan, Casinonic, Ricky, Queen Spins, Spinago, Wolf Winner, Grand Rush, PlayCroco, Ignition, Rocket | — | Not named on the landing page (a craps title may sit inside a “table games” category behind the lobby) | — |
Because a disciplined craps player runs an edge under 1.5%, operators do not want bonus money on the table: the Realtime Gaming family forbids it outright, Ozwin and Fair Go count it at zero, and the Novatrix sites leave the weighting to each offer page. A welcome bonus played at a craps table is, at several of these sites, a voided bonus. The bonus decision has the general clauses.
Online craps: RNG, live, and what changes
RNG craps from studios such as Evolution's First Person series, Pragmatic Play and BGaming deals the same 36 combinations at the same prices, as fast as you click, from A$0.50 or A$1 a bet, with the maximum odds multiple in the rules screen; it is the right place to learn the layout and the only sensible place to test it in demo mode. Live craps, streamed from Evolution's studio with a real table, real dice and an automated throwing mechanism, runs at a real table's pace, with higher minimums and a “My Numbers” overlay that shows what each result would pay. The edge is identical in both. What online play removes is the social table — there is no shooter but you and no crowd to bet against — and what it adds is speed, which is the cost multiplier in the section above. Of the casinos in the table, King Billy, Golden Crown and Woo name Evolution or Playtech live studios on their lobby pages; which live floors each casino carries is checked lobby by lobby.
Lobbies also carry craps under supplier brand names — Craps Pro and Craps Privee from Microgaming are the two you will see most often in Australia. Neither changes the game: the dice, the bets and the house edges in the table above are identical, and what differs is the interface, the table limits and whether the felt is rendered or streamed. If a craps table advertises anything beyond that, look for the payout on the Pass Line and the odds multiple it allows — those decide what the game costs you, and a new name does not.
Systems, dice control and the rest
Dice control — the claim that a practised shooter can influence the throw — has no meaning online: an RNG has no dice and a live studio's throwing mechanism has no shooter. Betting systems (Martingale on the Pass Line, the “Iron Cross” covering the Field and place bets, “hedging” a Pass bet with Any Craps) change the shape of the results, never the expectation; the Iron Cross in particular bundles a 5.56% Field bet with place bets and costs more per roll than the Pass Line it is sold as an improvement on. Hot and cold shooters do not exist for the same reason hot pokies do not: each roll is independent. The strategy of craps fits in one sentence — Pass or Don't Pass, the maximum free odds you are comfortable with, Place 6 and 8 if you want more action, and nothing in the middle of the layout — and our rules and strategy page goes through the popular systems one by one.
FAQ
What is the best bet in craps?
Don't Pass at 1.36% and Pass Line at 1.41%, with free odds behind either at 0%. Combined with double odds the blended edge is 0.61%; with 3-4-5× odds, 0.37%. Place 6 and 8 at 1.52% are the only other bets under 4%.
What is the worst bet in craps?
Any Seven at 16.67%, followed by the hardways and Any Craps at 9–11% and the Field at 5.56%. Everything in the centre of the layout costs five to twelve times the line bets.
Can I play craps online for real money in Australia?
The operators above carry it; none is licensed in Australia, because online casino games cannot be licensed here, and the Interactive Gambling Act penalises the provider rather than the player. What the law actually says is the page to read first.
Does craps count toward bonus wagering?
At Lucky Tiger, Shazam and Rich Palms it “cannot be played with bonus funds”; at Ozwin and Fair Go it “will not count”; at the Novatrix sites the weighting is set per promotion. Assume zero unless the offer page says otherwise.
Is online craps rigged?
Certified RNG tables and Evolution's live studio are tested and licensed independently of the casinos that carry them, and the dice probabilities are fixed. What the casino controls is the paytable — check the odds multiple and the Field payout in the rules screen — and the withdrawal terms, which is where a win is actually decided.
More on craps
- How to play craps: the layout and the sequence
- Craps rules and strategy: the systems and why they fail
- Craps Privée and Craps Pro: the private-table variants
Sources and method
Dice probabilities are the 36 combinations of two fair dice; house edges are the standard values for the published payouts of each bet (Pass 1.414%, Don't Pass with 12 barred 1.364%, free odds at true odds, Place 6/8 at 7:6, Field with 2 and 12 at 2:1, hardways at 9:1 and 7:1, Any Craps 7:1, Any Seven 4:1) and combined line-plus-odds figures for single, double and 3-4-5× odds. Cost-per-hour figures are arithmetic from edge, stake and about 100 rolls an hour, not measurements. Casino-level facts — craps named, bonus treatment — were read from each operator's own landing page and terms and conditions on 18–19 September 2026 from an Australian IP address. We earn a commission through links marked “Visit”; it did not decide the order of the table.
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