Originally Posted by
Soccerdad1995
+1 on the tipping comment. Do the math assuming a 1% house edge on Craps and a 30% comp rate, and you need to get a $10 increase in rating for every $1.80 in hourly tips. If you make a single $5 bet "for the boys" per hour, then that needs to increase your rating by $25 to pay off. I'm assuming 60 rolls per hour here. Net-net, tip if you want to, but don't think that it will increase your rating enough to pay for itself.
Other than the odds bet (which doesn't count for odds bets almost anywhere), no bet on the table is as low as a 1% edge. Pass/DP are in the 1.4% ballpark, and the numbers are all higher (with the exception of buying the 4/10 at a place that charges $1 commission on wins only, on a $25 bet). Anything other than Pass/Come/DP/DC, odds, buying the 4/10, and placing the 6/8 are well over 2% (placing the 5/9 is 4%!)