Big Red: Places the inside numbers, a craps strategy

How Big Red plays

On the come-out, Red bets the Pass Line.

Once a point is set, he places the “inside” numbers, 5, 6, 8 and 9, leaving out whichever one is the point. Every time one of them rolls, it pays and stays up for the next roll.

Why people like it

The inside numbers roll 18 times in 36, so Red collects a lot. The 6 and 8 cost 1.52% and the 5 and 9 cost 4.00%.

The catch

It’s a lot of small wins waiting on one big loss. When the 7 comes, every Place bet comes down at once, and Red needs several hits in a row just to get even for the hand.

The bets

Every bet Big Red makes and its house edge
Bet	House edge
Pass Line	1.41%
Place 5	4.00%
Place 6	1.52%
Place 8	1.52%
Place 9	4.00%

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

Big Red's bets and results, roll by roll, in play money
Roll	Big Red bets	What happens	Roll result
32Come-out	Pass Line $10	Five, no field five. The point is five, mark it!No decision	—
42Point 5	Place 6 $12 · Place 8 $12 · Place 9 $10	Easy sixPlace 6 wins $14	+$14
44Point 5	—	Eight, the hard way! Eighter from DecaturPlace 8 wins $14	+$14
54Point 5	—	Nine, center field ninePlace 9 wins $14	+$14
21Point 5	—	Craps three, ace-deuceNo decision	—
41Point 5	—	Winner! Five, pay the line!Pass Line wins $10	+$10
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	Place 5 $10	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 $12Place 9 loses $10Place 5 loses $10	−$54
After the hand, counting chips still on the felt			+$22

On PlayCraps Live

This week−$136per 100 rolls · −$2,934 over 2,153 rolls

All time−$38per 100 rolls · −$19,665 over 51,929 rolls

Rolls won75%of the rolls that decided a bet, all time

Weeks on top1of 5 weeks played

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

Best week: Oct 19 – 25, 2026, +$151 per 100 rolls. Worst week: Nov 9 – 15, 2026, −$136 per 100 rolls.

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

The honest part

Every bet Big Red makes has a house edge of 1.41% to 4.00%. 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.