This paragraph will concentrate on chances of all possible outcomes when you roll the dice. If you haven’t already noticed, you will quickly find out that there are 36 potential outcomes when you roll. Probabilities of each result are should be known to every player who wants to play any dice game before the game starts. By familiarizing yourself with the table showed below will greatly increase your skills in Craps. Below the table there is an explanation with will help you to fully understand the table. Check it!

Starting from the left we have, as follows, all possible outcomes (2 to 12), number of potential pairs which will result in that outcome, and odds of rolling the number.
Outcome     Combinations of Dice     Odds (%)
#2     1-1     35 to 1 (2.78)
#3     1-2, 2-1     17 to 1 (5.56)
#4     1-3, 2-2, 3-1     11 to 1 (8.83)
#5     1-4, 2-3, 3-2, 4-1     8 to 1 (11.11)
#6     1-5, 2-4, 3-3, 4-2, 5-1     31 to 5 (13.89)
#7     1-6, 2-5, 3-4, 4-3, 5-2, 6-1     5 to 1 (16.67)
#8     2-6, 3-5, 4-4, 5-3, 6-2     31 to 5 (13.89)
#9     3-6, 4-5, 5-4, 6-3     8 to 1 (11.11)
#10     4-6, 5-5, 6-4     11 to 1 (8.83)
#11     5-6, 6-5     17 to 1 (5.56)
#12     6-6     35 to 1 (2.78)

7 is the most frequent outcome, as you can read from the table. 7 can be rolled in six of every thirty-six outcomes. You don’t have to be mathematic genius to count that probability rolling a seven are 6/36 (5 to 1 or 16.67%). The least frequent outcomes are 2 and 12, as there is only one combination for each of these (1+1=2 and 6+6=12). Probability of these outcomes is 1/36 (35 to 1), as only one combination of thirty-six results in that number. We must count the chances of rolling either a 7 or an 11 to calculate the odds of winning the come-out roll. These numbers can be rolled in 2 and 6 combinations, which sums in 8. This means that your chances of rolling either a 7 or an 11 are 8/36.

        Obviously you will consider all chances of losing the come-out roll. By summing the probability of rolling 2 (1/36) or a 3 (2/36) or a 12 (1/36), we have a 4/36 (1 + 2 + 1 = 4) chance of losing. As you can see the chances of losing come-out roll are half of the chances of winning it. Overall chances of either losing or winning come out roll are a sum of 4/36 and 8/36 which is 12/36 and is, in percentage, exactly one-third (33.33...%). In case the game continues the odds significantly. These are some basic numbers to notice and keep in mind if you want to increase your skills in Craps. It is very good idea to take a look at our Craps Strategy page to become a advanced player and make the better decisions. Good luck!