Place 6 & 8 — The Sharpest Place Bets in Craps

What Is the Place 6 & 8?

Place 6 and Place 8 are the best Place bets at the craps table — 1.52% house edge, no come-out required, and they can be turned on or off whenever you want. Six and eight each have 5 ways to be rolled vs. 6 ways for the 7, making them the most likely point numbers to hit. Sharp players often pair them with a Pass Line bet for maximum coverage.

How It Works

Unlike Pass Line or Come bets, Place bets don't require a come-out roll — you can bet them anytime during the point phase. Toss your chips to the dealer and say "Place the six" or "Place the eight" (or both).

The bet wins if your number rolls before a 7. It pays 7:6 — so always bet in multiples of $6 ($6, $12, $18) to get full payout. A $5 Place 6 pays only even money; a $6 Place 6 pays $7.

Place 6 and 8 are off by default on the come-out roll (to protect you from the 7 before a point is set) — tell the dealer "place bets working" if you want them on during come-out.

50,000-Roll Simulation

Run the simulation below to see how the Place 6 & 8 performs across 50,000 dice rolls. Every run uses a fresh random seed — notice how individual sessions vary due to variance, while the long-run trend converges toward the theoretical house edge of 1.52%.

Strategy & Tips

The classic pairing is Place 6 and Place 8 together — covering the two most-rolled non-7 numbers. This is the foundation of the $44 Inside strategy.

A common press strategy: collect full on the first hit, press (double) on the second. This books a guaranteed profit on the first win while building up a bigger bet on a proven hot number.

Place 6 and 8 also work well alongside the Pass Line when your point is a different number — if you have a Pass Line point on 5 and Place the 6 and 8, you have three numbers generating profit on every roll.

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