Lucky Lou: Pass + odds, places 6 & 8, a craps strategy

How Lou plays

On the come-out, Lou bets the Pass Line and nothing else.

Once a point is set, he backs his Pass Line with the most Odds the table allows, then places the 6 and the 8, skipping whichever one is the point. Now and then he can’t help a Hard 8.

Why people like it

The 6 and 8 roll more often than any number but the 7: five ways each out of 36. Placing them costs 1.52%, and the Pass Line costs 1.41%, with the Odds behind it at no edge at all. It’s the strategy most people learn first, and it gives you a reason to cheer on most rolls.

The catch

Three bets working means three bets lost when the 7 shows. And the Hard 8 is the one expensive habit here, at 9.09%.

The bets

Every bet Lucky Lou makes and its house edge
Bet	House edge
Pass Line	1.41%
Pass Odds	None
Place 6	1.52%
Place 8	1.52%
Hard 8	9.09%

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 Lucky Lou really makes: the table's own bot and payout rules played it. Play money.

Lucky Lou's bets and results, roll by roll, in play money
Roll	Lucky Lou bets	What happens	Roll result
32Come-out	Pass Line $10	Five, no field five. The point is five, mark it!No decision	—
42Point 5	Pass Odds $40 · Place 6 $12 · Place 8 $12 · Hard 8 $2	Easy sixPlace 6 wins $14	+$14
44Point 5	—	Eight, the hard way! Eighter from DecaturPlace 8 wins $14Hard 8 wins $18	+$32
54Point 5	—	Nine, center field nineNo decision	—
21Point 5	—	Craps three, ace-deuceNo decision	—
41Point 5	—	Winner! Five, pay the line!Pass Line wins $10Pass Odds wins $60	+$70
65Come-out	—	Yo-leven, front line winner!Pass Line wins $10	+$10
22Come-out	—	Four, the hard way! Little Joe from Kokomo. The point is four, mark it!No decision	—
33Point 4	Pass Odds $30	Six, the hard way!Place 6 wins $14	+$14
64Point 4	—	Ten easyNo decision	—
43Point 4	—	Seven out! Line away, pay the don'tsPass Line loses $10Place 6 loses $12Place 8 loses $12Hard 8 loses $2Pass Odds loses $30	−$66
After the hand, counting chips still on the felt			+$74

On PlayCraps Live

This week−$118per 100 rolls · −$1,568 over 1,326 rolls

All time−$30per 100 rolls · −$15,219 over 51,542 rolls

Rolls won67%of the rolls that decided a bet, all time

Weeks on top0of 5 weeks played

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

Best week: Oct 19 – 25, 2026, +$40 per 100 rolls. Worst week: Nov 9 – 15, 2026, −$118 per 100 rolls.

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

The honest part

Every bet Lucky Lou makes has a house edge of 1.41% to 9.09%, 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.