What is New York Craps?
New York Craps, from the East Coast and Bahamas tradition, removes the game's most famous bet entirely. What's left is craps at its most transparent: pick numbers, dodge the 7, pay the house its cut openly.
How New York Craps works
There's no pass line, no come, no place bets. You put chips directly on any box numbers - 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10. If your number rolls before a 7, you're paid true odds: 2:1 on the 4/10, 3:2 on the 5/9, 6:5 on the 6/8 - the same fair prices as an odds bet - minus a 5% commission on the win. When a 7 shows, it clears every box bet at once. A field bet is offered too.
The vig, out in the open
Most craps bets hide their edge inside shaved payouts - 7:6 instead of 6:5, 30:1 instead of 35:1. New York Craps does the opposite: it pays you exactly fair, then charges a visible 5% fee on winnings, the 'vigorish.' The math lands near the middle of the craps menu, but there's something honest about seeing the house's cut as a line item instead of a hidden discount.
Who it suits
Players who like betting numbers directly - the place-bet crowd - will feel at home, and the single-mechanic layout makes it an easy second table after the classic game. It supports multiplayer races and the daily challenge. Try the New York table and see if the transparent vig suits your style.
Related questions
What are place bets?
A place bet backs one of the box numbers - 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 - to be rolled before a 7, and it only works while a point is on. Placing the 6 or 8 pays 7:6 at just a 1.52% house edge; the 5 and 9 pay 7:5 (4.00%) and the 4 and 10 pay 9:5 (6.67%).
What is the hardest craps variant?
Hazard is the hardest to learn - the winning and losing numbers change depending on which main you call. Crapless Craps is the sneakiest: it feels safer because you can't crap out, but the pass edge rises to about 5.38%. Full bank craps is the deepest, with the most bets to master.
How many craps variants are there?
Dozens have existed across 700 years of dice history. Craps.now offers 8 playable variants in three families: the casino classics (Craps, Crapless, New York), modern simplifications (High Point, Simplified, Die Rich) and the street and historical games (Street Craps and medieval Hazard).