Fire Bets Craps

Quoting the Wizard of Vegas, 'I used to indicate the odds on the field bet and hop bets as well.However, I think I would be correct in saying that everybody pays 3-1 on the 12 on the field, except all Harrah's properties other than Caesars Palace, and the Casino Royale, which pay 2-1 only.' The fire bet is a bet that you will get a 'hot' shooter (get it?) who will make a bunch of. The Fire bet is relatively new to craps. Not all casinos offer this betyet. I say, “yet,” because I’m sure they’ll all jump on board once they realize the profit they can make from this sucker bet. It’s a terrible bet for the player because the house advantage against making 6 unique point numbers is more than 20%. New craps Fire Bet emerging in Las Vegas Perry Staci, a Las Vegas casino supervisor, has invented a new proposition bet forcraps players that is already being promoted at Harrah’s, the Sahara, and the Rio.Rumor has it that it will also soon be on the layout at The Cannery on the Northside of Vegas. An Exciting Addition to Any Craps Table! Fire Bet™ is an exciting addition to any standard casino craps table. Players can win up to 1,000 to 1 odds on any HOT shooter. Players are paid odds based on how many 'individual points' a shooter can. This item: CRAPS/POKER FIRE BET CHIPS SET OF 6 $10.99. Only 13 left in stock - order soon. Ships from and sold by Gamblers General Store. Brybelly Craps Rattan Dice Stick $29.99. Only 19 left in stock - order soon. Sold by E-Brands and ships.

Craps is found in all Las Vegas casinos that have more than a handful of table games. The rules are generally the same from one casino to another except for the odds permitted online bets and whether the Field pays double or triple on 12.

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Las Vegas Craps Minimum Bets

Craps Place Bets Payouts

Las Vegas craps minimum bets range from $1 to $50. Here is a list of all Las Vegas casinos that spread craps with its minimum bet. These minimum bets were recorded on weekdays. Higher minimum bets may be found during peak hours.

$1 Craps	Club Fortune Jokers Wild
$2 Craps	Arizona Charlie’s Boulder Jerry’s Nugget
$3 Craps	Fiesta Rancho Fremont Sam’s Town
$5 Craps	Plaza (Crapsless and traditional game) 4 Queens Aliante Casino Arizona Charlie’s Decatur Bally’s Binion’s Boulder Station California Cannery Downtown Grand El Cortez Ellis Island Fiesta Rancho Gold Coast Golden Nugget Green Valley Ranch M Resort Main Street Station Orleans Palace Station Rampart Santa Fe Station Silver 7’s Silverton South Point Suncoast Texas Station The D Tuscany Westgate
$10 Craps	Bellagio Circus Circus Encore Excalibur Hard Rock Harrah’s Red Rock Park MGM Casino Sahara Las Vegas Treasure Island Wynn

Las Vegas Craps Odds

Most craps tables on the Las Vegas Strip offer 3/4/5 times odds. This means that a player can wager three times the flat bet on a 4 and 10, four times on a five and 9, and five times on a six and eight. The maximum win with odds on any of these numbers equals six times the flat bet. A notable exception is The Cromwell, where players may take odds for up to 100 times the original wager.

Downtown Las Vegas and the locals market tend to spread 10 times odds. There are some exceptions. Below is a list of each odds grouping with the amount permitted by each house.

100x Craps Odds	The Cromwell
20x Craps Odds	Main Street Station Sam’s Town
10x Craps Odds	Aliante Casino Arizona Charlie’s Boulder Cannery Boulder Station Eastside Cannery El Cortez Ellis Island Fiesta Henderson Fiesta Rancho Golden Gate Green Valley Ranch Jokers Wild Palace Station Plaza (craps only, not crapsless, which is 2x) Rampart Red Rock Santa Fe Station Silverton Stratosphere (crapsless and traditional) Suncoast Texas Station The D
5x Craps Odds	4 Queens Arizona Charlie’s Decatur Binion’s Downtown Grand
3-4-5x Craps Odds	Aria Bally’s Bellagio Caesars Palace Casino Royale Club Fortune Cosmopolitan Encore Excalibur Flamingo Gold Coast Golden Nugget Hard Rock Harrah’s OYO Linq Luxor M Resort Mandalay Bay MGM Grand Mirage Park MGM Casino New York New York Orleans O’Sheas Palms Paris Planet Hollywood Rio Silver 7’s Treasure Island Tropicana Tuscany Venetian Wynn
2x Craps Odds	Plaza (Crapsless table) Railroad Pass South Point

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Complete Las Vegas Craps Survey 2019

Casino	Game	Min Bet	Max Bet	# of Tables	Odds	Field 12	Video
Plaza	Crapless Craps	5	1000	1	2 x	Triple	No
Stratosphere	Crapless Craps	10	2000	1	10 x	Double	No
Stratosphere	Craps	10	2000	2	10 x	Double	No
4 Queens	Craps	5	500	2	5 x	Double	No
Aliante Casino	Craps	5	1000	3	10 x	Triple	No
Aria	Craps	25	5000	8	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
Arizona Charlie’s Boulder	Craps	2	1000	1	10 x	Triple	No
Arizona Charlie’s Decatur	Craps	5	500	1	5 x	Triple	No
Bally’s	Craps	5	3000	4	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Bally’s	Craps	15	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Bellagio	Craps	10	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
Bellagio	Craps	25	5000	8	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
Binion’s	Craps	5	500	3	5 x	Double	No
Binion’s	Craps	3	200	1	2 x	Double	Yes
Boulder Station	Craps	5	2000	3	10 x	Double	No
Caesars Palace	Craps	25	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Caesars Palace	Craps	50	5000	5	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
Caesars Palace	Craps	200	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
California	Craps	5	1000	4	2 x	Triple	No
Cannery	Craps	5	1000	2	10 x	Triple	No
Casino Royale	Craps	10	1000	1	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Circus Circus	Craps	10	1000	2	2 x	Triple	No
Club Fortune	Craps	1	100	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Cosmopolitan	Craps	25	5000	6	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Cosmopolitan	Craps	15	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
Cromwell	Craps	25	5000	4	100 x	Double	Yes
Downtown Grand	Craps	5	1000	2	5 x	Triple	No
Eastside Cannery	Craps	3	500	1	10 x	Triple	No
El Cortez	Craps	5	1000	2	10 x	Triple	No
Ellis Island	Craps	5	300	1	10 x	Double	No
Encore	Craps	10	5000	5	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Excalibur	Craps	10	3000	4	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
Fiesta Rancho	Craps	3	500	1	10 x	Double	No
Fiesta Rancho	Craps	5	500	1	10 x	Double	No
Fiesta Henderson	Craps	3	1000	1	10 x	Double	No
Flamingo	Craps	15	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Flamingo	Craps	25	5000	4	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Flamingo	Craps	100	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Fremont	Craps	5	1000	4	2 x	Triple	No
Fremont	Craps	5	3000	1	2 x	Triple	No
Gold Coast	Craps	5	1000	3	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Golden Gate	Craps	5	2500	2	10 x	Triple	No
Golden Nugget	Craps	5	5000	5	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Golden Nugget (Pool)	Craps	10	5000	1	2 x	Double	Yes
Green Valley Ranch	Craps	5	5000	4	10 x	Double	No
Hard Rock	Craps	10	3000	4	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Hard Rock	Craps	15	3000	1	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Harrah’s	Craps	15	5000	3	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Harrah’s	Craps	25	5000	4	3-4-5 x	Double	No
OYO	Craps	10	1000	1	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Joker’s Wild	Craps	1	500	1	10 x	Triple	No
Linq	Craps	15	5000	6	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Luxor	Craps	15	3000	5	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
M Resort	Craps	5	3000	3	5 x	Double/Triple	No
Main Street Station	Craps	5	1000	3	20 x	Triple	No
Mandalay Bay	Craps	15	5000	7	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Mandalay Bay	Craps	25	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
MGM Grand	Craps	10	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
MGM Grand	Craps	25	5000	6	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
MGM Grand	Craps	50	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Mirage	Craps	25	5000	6	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
NYNY	Craps	15	3000	3	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
NYNY	Craps	25	3000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	Yes
Orleans	Craps	5	2000	6	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
O’Sheas	Craps	15	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Palace Station	Craps	5	3000	3	10 x	Double	No
Palazzo	Craps	25	5000	5	2 x	Triple	No
Palazzo	Craps	50	5000	3	2 x	Triple	No
Palms	Craps	10	5000	3	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Paris	Craps	15	5000	6	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Park MGM Casino	Craps	10	3000	5	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Planet Hollywood	Craps	10	5000	6	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Plaza	Craps	5	1000	2	10 x	Triple	No
Railroad Pass	Craps	3	500	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Rampart	Craps	5	1000	2	10 x	Double	No
Red Rock	Craps	10	5000	5	10 x	Double	No
Rio	Craps	10	5000	4	3-4-5 x	Double	Yes
Sam’s Town	Craps	3	1000	4	20 x	Triple	No
Santa Fe Station	Craps	5	1000	3	10 x	Double	No
Silver 7’s	Craps	5	500	1	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Silverton	Craps	5	1000	2	10 x	Triple	Yes
Sahara Las Vegas	Craps	10	3000	3	3-4-5 x	Double	No
South Point	Craps	5	2000	2	2 x	Triple	No
South Point	Craps	10	2000	2	2 x	Triple	No
South Point	Craps	15	2000	1	2 x	Triple	No
South Point	Craps	25	2000	1	2 x	Triple	No
Stratosphere	Craps	5	1000	2	10 x	Double	No
Suncoast	Craps	5	2000	3	10 x	Triple	No
Texas Station	Craps	5	1000	3	10 x	Double	No
The D	Craps	5	5000	2	10 x	Triple	No
Treasure Island	Craps	10	2000	4	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Treasure Island	Craps	1	100	1	2 x	Double	Yes
Tropicana	Craps	15	3000	2	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Tuscany	Craps	5	500	1	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Venetian	Craps	25	5000	5	2 x	Triple	Yes
Venetian	Craps	50	5000	3	2 x	Triple	Yes
Westgate	Craps	5	2000	3	3-4-5 x	Double	No
Wynn	Craps	10	5000	7	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Wynn	Craps	25	5000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No
Wynn	Craps	100	10000	1	3-4-5 x	Triple	No

AlanMendelson

Over the last four years I was at two tables where all six numbers hit. At the first table at Rio the fire bet shooter hit all six numbers in less than about fifteen minutes. it was just pass, pass, pass and I don't think he rolled an extra 'number.'
At the second table I was at it took about 25 minutes.
Whether or not it actually happened in 'one hour' on Friday night, I don't know. The dealers were talking about it all weekend.
I don't think Caesars will sweat it. When I arrived early Saturday morning, about 2-AM I was at a table with two other players. Along comes this older, heavy man and his buddy and they pull two chairs from an empty blackjack table and sit down at the craps table. And the big cigar smoking guy says to the dealer, 'this is supposed to be my table.'
they call a floorman and all I could over hear were things like 'no host will be here till 6-am' and 'we weren't told about it.' And the next thing I saw was a security card with a special chip fill with $25,000 chips.
Two lamers get thrown on the table... each says $500,000.
Mr. Cigar Smoker gets $800,000 in $25K chips and $200k in $5,000 chips and the sign on the table is changed from $25 minimum to RESERVED.
Me and the other player are told we can keep playing but when we left no new players would be allowed. The table belonged to Mr Cigar Smoker.
Unfortunately, Mr Cigar Smoker played along with me and the other guy... $10,000 plat bets but full odds. Passline plus two working come bets. ... and we cost him since we both didn't hit repeaters.
I left and the other guy left after I did.
The next morning I asked some of the dealers if they knew what happened to Mr Cigar Smoker? No one even heard about any big wins or even if such a player was there. Such is Caesars.

DJTeddyBear

Unbelievable.
Didn't the casino (or players) realize that if they bet $1 straight up, and did a full parlay, the payout is $1,295? The casino should be thrilled to be able to get away with paying only $1,000!
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Interestingly, that was the concept behind my original idea, Hit It Again.
I was told, among other things, A) Players would see right thru the shitty payments; B) Casinos don't like gimicks that pay a lot of money all at once, regardless of the edge.

I invented a few casino games. Info: http://www.DaveMillerGaming.com/ ————————————————————————————————————— Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown. But how much does it cost to knock on wood? 😁

winmonkeyspit3

It is amazing what some people will bet on. This is the same casino that offers 'Beat the Dealer'. The player couldn't parlay because the maximum bet on a number is $25 on the main casino floor. I guess they could go into the high limit room to do this, but that would be impractical.

DJTeddyBear

The player couldn't parlay because the maximum bet on a number is $25 on the main casino floor.

Understood.
But doing the parlay math should have made it obvious how silly the casino was for pulling the bet.

winmonkeyspit3

Agreed. I'm surprised nobody has been interested in your side bet. Your website for it is very well done.

DJTeddyBear

Agreed. I'm surprised nobody has been interested in your side bet.

I DO have interest in my Poker For Roulette idea. It's just that things progress v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y.

Quote: winmonkeyspit3

Your website for it is very well done.

Thanks. I do all the design, artwork and html myself.

guido111

What is the probability of TWO 6 point Fire Bets at the same table in 1 hour?

I'll give this one a shot.
First some data then a few assumptions.
The Firebet is about each shooter and there can be a different number of shooters per hour as also with the number of rolls per hour. So that forces one to deal with averages.
Firebet exact number probability
0 .593 939 393 939
1 .260 750 492 004

Fire Bet In Las Vegas

2 .101 275 355 549
3 .033 434 212 179
4 .008 798 178 440
5 .001 639 933 139
6 .000 162 434 749
~8 average number of points needed per shooter to hit the 6pt Firebet
5.06 (557/110) average number of rolls per point
40.7 average number of rolls needed to hit the 6pt Firebet

81.4 average number of rolls needed to hit 2, 6pt Firebets
102 average number of rolls per hour
20.6 rolls remain
8.5 (1671/196) average number of rolls per shooter
2.4 number of shooters not hitting the Firebet
4.4 shooters per hour needed on average.
The below table is a binomial and negative binomial distribution.
I think both ways can be used to answer the question.
The negative binomial distribution, I think, answers it better.

# of shooters	exactly 2 (1 in)	2 or more	on exact shooter
2	37,900,253.7	37,900,253.7	37,900,253.7
3	12,635,470.3	12,634,786.1	18,953,205.5
4	6,318,761.5	6,318,077.2	12,637,523.1
5	3,791,872.9	3,791,256.9	9,479,682.2
6	2,528,325.9	2,527,778.3	7,584,977.8
7	1,806,240.5	1,805,751.5	6,321,841.7
8	1,354,900.4	1,354,460.3	5,419,601.8
9	1,053,982.7	1,053,583.2	4,742,922.0
10	843,323.1	842,957.8	4,216,615.6
11	690,103.7	689,767.4	3,795,570.6
12	575,179.9	574,868.5	3,451,079.3

We see about a 1 in 5 million chance of that happening in one hour using 102 as the number of rolls per hour. (4.4 shooters)
In reality, I think that number would be lower, as the more players and more bets slows down the game from a roll per hour standpoint.
(I bet someone could set this up as a Markov Chain and get some very accurate numbers.)
The last column, on exact shooter, means that the 2nd Firebet hit would be on exactly that shooter.
It does not matter what shooter hit it the first time, just what shooter hit it the second time.
Example: Exactly 2 6pt Firebets hit by 4 shooters = 1 in 6,318,761.5
is about the same as the 2nd 6pt Firebet being hit by the 7th shooter
For the negative binomial distribution (the number of trials before N successes)
mean: 12,312.6
var: 75,788,194.7
sd: 8,705.6

CrapsForever

Great Analysis!

Craps is the most 'Jekyll and Hyde' casino game ever invented!

AlanMendelson

chance of hitting the firebet is supposed to be about one in 65-hundred. You are more likely to hit the fire bet with a $5 bet than you are hitting a royal flush with a $5 bet (one in 629,740 to be dealt; one in 40,500 to draw).
why does the fire bet have such a bad wrap?
look, two guys hit it in an hour, and as guido showed us that's more likely than winning the old california lottery which was one in 14-million.

teddys

why does the fire bet have such a bad wrap?

I don't think it has a bad rap. It is very successful, and a great idea. ShuffleMaster just bought it for some ungodly-amount of money. It's bad reputation among people here is that it carries a 20-25% house edge. A royal flush may come less often but you'll lose less waiting for it.
That said, while I never play it, I'd love to be there when the fire bet hits twice in a row. I'll have made enough $$ already from pass/come+odds, and people will be happy.

'Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe.' -Rig Veda 10.34.4