Lorcan Palaca 
The free odds bet is the only wager in the casino with no house edge, paying true odds of 2 to 1, 3 to 2 or 6 to 5 depending on the point. It is not printed anywhere on the craps layout, so you have to know to place it behind your pass line bet, … Read more
Why California Craps Uses Cards, Not Dice California bans casino games whose outcome is decided by dice, so the state has no traditional dice craps, in tribal casinos or cardrooms. The workaround is California craps, a card game that mirrors the bets, payouts and odds of the dice version but uses cards to settle each … Read more
The New York State Gaming Commission awarded Bally’s a downstate casino license for its Ferry Point site in Throggs Neck on Dec. 15, 2025. Plans for the resort include 3,500 slot machines, 210 table games and 40 poker tables, which means craps will eventually have a home in the borough. Bally’s is targeting a mid-2030 … Read more
The New York State Gaming Commission awarded a 20-year downstate casino license to Metropolitan Park, the Steve Cohen and Hard Rock project next to Citi Field, on Dec. 15, 2025. Plans for the $8.1 billion development include roughly 5,000 slot machines and about 400 table games, so craps will eventually be part of the floor. … Read more
Craps revenue on the Las Vegas Strip jumped 62 percent year over year to $24.3 million in April 2026, the standout among Strip table games. The surge came inside a record April for Nevada, with statewide gaming win of nearly $1.3 billion, up 5.29 percent over April 2025. The Strip won $689.4 million, up 6.58 … Read more