There are many different strategies and styles of play in order to make your best bets in the game of craps. As casinos generally dislike and ban all forms of cheating, it is now up to the player to make the smartest moves and bets they can in order to increase their chances of winning.
Understanding the game goes a long way in having more money in your pockets coming out that you did coming in.
One good strategy involves the pass line bet. The pass line bet is put on the pass line on a come out roll, which you can tell usually by a laminated marker that says “off”. For pass line bets, do not make any of them after the come out roll.
Although it is allowed, this sort of betting is very much ill-advised as the value of a pass line bet goes down after the come out roll. The house edge is actually only 1.41% on the pass line, which is actually good compared to most of the other bets on your craps table, as well as most other casino games.
You may also opt to play the odds bet, where the bet has no house edge. To make an odds bet right after a pass line bet, all you have to do is put the odds bet right behind the pass line bet which is outside the pass line area on the portion of the table that is closer to you.