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Are hop bets worth it?

A one-roll bet on one exact dice combination, like 2-4 or 3-3.

The short answerSame price as a Yo or Aces bet: 11.11% on easy hops and 13.89% on hard hops. Fun when the table is hot, but it costs about 8 times the Pass Line.
Easy hop edge (15:1)11.43%
Hard hop edge (30:1)14.15%
Easy hop wins1 in 18 rolls
Hard hop wins1 in 36 rolls

How it works

A hop bet picks the exact dice for the next roll. An easy hop (two different faces, like 2-4) can roll 2 ways and pays 15:1. A hard hop (a pair, like 3-3) can roll only 1 way and pays 30:1. Anything else loses. Tell the stickman "hop the 6, 3-3" and they'll book it.

How it compares to every other bet

Odds (pass/come/lay)0.00%Don't Pass / Don't Come1.36%Pass Line / Come1.41%Place 6 or 81.52%Buy 4 or 10 (vig on win)1.67%Field (12 pays 3:1)2.78%Place 5 or 94.00%Crapless Pass Line5.38%Place 4 or 106.67%Make 'Em All7.46%All Small / All Tall7.76%Hard 6 or 89.09%Big 6 or 89.09%Hard 4 or 1011.11%Yo (11) / Ace-Deuce / easy hop11.11%Horn12.50%Aces / Boxcars13.89%Hop (hard)13.89%Any Seven16.67%Repeaters19.70%Fire Bet20.40%Hard All Day20.95%
House edge: the share of every dollar bet the casino keeps over time. Green is good, red is expensive. The highlighted bar is this page's bet.

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How we tested it

Dice from a cryptographic random generator, standard Vegas payouts, and 1,000,000+ trials per bet. For everyday bets the simulated edge lands within a fraction of a percent of the exact math. Bets with rare jackpots (like a 999:1 Fire Bet) swing more from run to run, so we quote the exact house edge alongside the simulated one.

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Common questions

What does a hop bet pay?

Easy hops (like 1-4) pay 15:1. Hard hops (pairs, like 5-5) pay 30:1. Some casinos pay 16:1 and 31:1 (a lower edge).

What's the house edge on a hop bet?

11.11% on an easy hop and 13.89% on a hard hop at 15/30 pay.

What is a "hop the hardways"?

Four hard hops (2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5) for the next roll only, unlike a hardway, which stays up until 7 or easy.