Darkside Dee: Don't Pass, lays odds, a craps strategy

How Dee plays

On the come-out, Dee bets Don’t Pass. A 2 or 3 wins for her, a 7 or 11 loses, and 12 is a push.

Once a point is set, she lays the most Odds she can against it, and now and then adds a Don’t Come bet, laying Odds on that too. She’s rooting for the 7.

Why people like it

Don’t Pass has the lowest house edge of any bet that isn’t Odds: 1.36%. Once a point is set, the 7 is more likely than the point, so the dark side is the favourite on every roll after the come-out.

The catch

Laying Odds means risking more to win less: you lay 2 to win 1 against a 4 or 10. The house takes nothing on it, but Dee’s wins are small and steady and her losses come in lumps when a shooter gets hot. And she wins when the rest of the table loses, which is why she’s the one nobody high-fives.

In crapless craps there’s no Don’t side, so for that hour Dee plays with the shooter like Lucky Lou.

The bets

Every bet Darkside Dee makes and its house edge
Bet	House edge
Don't Pass	1.36%
Lay Odds	None
Don't Come	1.36%
Don't Come Odds	None

The share of each bet the house keeps over the long run. Odds bets pay true odds, so they have none. How house edge works.

A sample hand

One shooter's hand at a $10 table with 3-4-5 odds. Every regular plays the same dice, so you can compare them. These are the bets Darkside Dee really makes: the table's own bot and payout rules played it. Play money.

Darkside Dee's bets and results, roll by roll, in play money
Roll	Darkside Dee bets	What happens	Roll result
32Come-out	Don't Pass $10	Five, no field five. The point is five, mark it!No decision	—
42Point 5	Lay Odds $60 · Don't Come $10	Easy sixNo decision	—
44Point 5	Don't Come $10 · Don't Come Odds (6) $60	Eight, the hard way! Eighter from DecaturNo decision	—
54Point 5	Don't Come Odds (8) $60	Nine, center field nineNo decision	—
21Point 5	—	Craps three, ace-deuceNo decision	—
41Point 5	—	Winner! Five, pay the line!Don't Pass loses $10Lay Odds loses $60	−$70
65Come-out	Don't Pass $10	Yo-leven, front line winner!Don't Pass loses $10	−$10
22Come-out	Don't Pass $10	Four, the hard way! Little Joe from Kokomo. The point is four, mark it!No decision	—
33Point 4	Lay Odds $60	Six, the hard way!Don't Come 6 loses $10Don't Come Odds (6) loses $60	−$70
64Point 4	—	Ten easyNo decision	—
43Point 4	Don't Come $10	Seven out! Line away, pay the don'tsDon't Come 8 wins $10Don't Come Odds (8) wins $50Don't Pass wins $10Lay Odds wins $30Don't Come loses $10	+$90
After the hand, counting chips still on the felt			−$60

On PlayCraps Live

This week+$921per 100 rolls · +$18,800 over 2,042 rolls

All time+$59per 100 rolls · +$29,396 over 50,085 rolls

Rolls won52%of the rolls that decided a bet, all time

Weeks on top2of 5 weeks played

Play money won or lost per 100 rolls at the table, each week Darkside Dee played. Hover a bar for the week.

Best week: Nov 9 – 15, 2026, +$921 per 100 rolls. Worst week: Oct 12 – 18, 2026, −$295 per 100 rolls.

All amounts are play money. See the whole table on the weekly leaderboard.

The honest part

Every bet Darkside Dee makes has a house edge of 1.36%, apart from the Odds, which have none. A good week is luck. Over enough rolls, no strategy beats that edge: the cheaper ones just lose more slowly.

Play money only. No real-money gambling. Nothing is wagered or paid out.