Craps in Las Vegas: Where to Play on the Strip, Downtown and Off It

How many casinos offer craps in Las Vegas

The directory lists 52 craps casinos in the Las Vegas Valley: 47 in Las Vegas proper, three in North Las Vegas and two in Henderson. That is more than any state outside Nevada can show, and well over half of Nevada’s own total of 85, with the rest spread from Reno and Lake Tahoe to Laughlin and Wendover.

Fewer publish details than you might think. Thirty valley casinos publish an odds limit, a minimum or a crapless table, and most of those figures come from Downtown and the locals casinos, not the Strip. The big resorts tend to list craps among their table games and say nothing more, so walk the floor before you sit.

Reading the numbers below

Where this page quotes a minimum or an odds limit, it is the figure published by the casino, as of our check. Minimums float with demand far more than odds do. A published $5 table may exist only on weekday mornings, and a 10x odds rule is usually the same all day. Treat odds as the reliable number.

Craps on the Las Vegas Strip

Craps on the Strip covers 15 casinos in the directory, from the STRAT and SAHARA at the north end past Resorts World, Wynn, Encore, the Venetian, Treasure Island, Caesars Palace, Horseshoe, Paris, Planet Hollywood, Flamingo, The LINQ and the Vanderpump Hotel. Harrah’s is listed too, but its craps is electronic.

The Strip is where crapless craps is easiest to find. Flamingo, Paris, Planet Hollywood, The LINQ, SAHARA and The STRAT all publish a crapless table, and the STRAT adds 10x odds and a Bonus Craps side bet. If crapless appeals, read how crapless craps works first: turning the 2, 3 and 12 into points costs you the come-out 11.

Everything else on the Strip is a live dice table with no published numbers. That is normal. Caesars Palace, Wynn and the Venetian do not advertise minimums, and their minimums rise with the crowd. Weekday mornings are the time to find a lower table, and the craps etiquette guide covers how to buy in quietly.

Downtown Las Vegas and Fremont Street craps

Downtown is where Vegas craps gets cheaper and the odds get published. Twelve casinos in the directory sit on or beside Fremont Street: Circa, the Golden Gate, The D, the Golden Nugget, the Four Queens, Fremont, Binion’s, El Cortez, the Plaza, the California, Main Street Station and the Downtown Grand. Most sit within a few blocks of each other.

The published figures are good. The Golden Gate and The D publish 10x odds, El Cortez 5x, and the Downtown Grand a $5 minimum with 3-4-5x odds. The Golden Nugget publishes a $5 minimum. The Plaza publishes a Bonus Craps side bet, and Binion’s lists electronic craps with 5x odds, published by the casino. Check the placard anyway.

Why downtown suits a smaller bankroll

Low minimums matter less than most players think, and odds matter more. At a $5 table with 3-4-5x odds, you can back every point with full odds for $15 to $25 behind the line. The odds bet carries no house edge, so that combination is among the cheapest craps in Las Vegas, and downtown is where it clusters.

Locals casinos: the best craps odds in Vegas are published here

The locals casinos away from the tourist corridors publish more craps detail than anywhere else in the valley. Station Casinos runs seven of them in the directory: Red Rock, Green Valley Ranch, Santa Fe Station, Palace Station, Boulder Station, Sunset Station and the newer Durango. All but Durango publish 10x odds, and most add a dollar cap on that.

Palace Station rewards a close look. It publishes a $10 minimum on regular dice, a $5 minimum on Roll To Win, where live dice are rolled but you bet on a personal screen, and a $5 crapless table. Durango and Sunset Station also list Roll to Win, and Sunset publishes a hot-shooter jackpot side bet.

Boyd and the independents

Boyd Gaming runs six more locals casinos with craps in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas: Sam’s Town, the Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast, Aliante and the Cannery. Aliante and the Cannery publish 10x odds, Suncoast publishes a crapless table, and Sam’s Town lists All Tall and All Small side bets. Jerry’s Nugget publishes a $5 minimum, as does Silverton.

South Point on the far south end of Las Vegas Boulevard has craps listed without published limits. Arizona Charlie’s Decatur publishes 5x odds and an All-Tall-Small side bet. Before you place one of those side bets, check the side bets guide: the payouts look generous, but the house edge is far higher than on the line.

Off-Strip craps: Palms, Rio, Ellis Island and the rest

Between the Strip and the locals casinos sits a ring of off-Strip resorts, most of them a short ride from the Strip. The directory lists craps at the Palms, the Rio, Ellis Island, Virgin Hotels, Westgate, Tuscany Suites, Silver Sevens and the OYO. For craps it is often the sweet spot.

The published figures here are strong. Ellis Island publishes a $10 minimum with 10x odds and Bonus Craps. Virgin Hotels publishes 10x odds and a crapless table. The Palms publishes a $5 minimum, and the Rio publishes a $3 promotion that runs daily from 3 a.m. to noon. Tuscany Suites also lists electronic craps.

Cheapest craps tables in Vegas and $5 craps in Las Vegas

If you want $5 craps in Las Vegas, the published list is short but real. A $5 minimum is published by the Downtown Grand, the Golden Nugget, the Palms, Silverton, Jerry’s Nugget, Palace Station’s Roll To Win and the lower end of Boulder Station’s and Red Rock’s ranges. The Rio’s $3 promotion is the lowest figure published in the valley.

Published minimums are a floor, not a promise. A casino that publishes $5 may open only one such table, and it fills first. Go early: on weekday mornings a $5 or $10 table is far more likely to be open than at 10 p.m. on a Saturday. Our bankroll guide shows what a session at each level costs.

Playing craps in Vegas: how to get started at the table

Playing craps in Vegas works the same as anywhere, just faster and louder. Wait for the dice to be in the middle, drop cash on the layout, not in a dealer’s hand, and say “change only”. Your first bet belongs on the pass line, placed before the come-out roll. The how-to-play guide walks through a full hand.

Once a point is set, put odds behind the line up to whatever the table allows. That single habit is what makes a 10x table at Golden Gate or Red Rock worth seeking out. Skip the center of the layout; the proposition bets there carry the highest house edges on the table, and the stickman will pitch them often.

When craps lessons in Las Vegas are worth it

Craps lessons in Las Vegas are easy to ask about and hard to look up, because casinos rarely publish a lesson schedule and times move with the season. Ask at the table-games desk or the cage when you arrive whether a lesson runs that week. A lesson costs nothing but time, and nobody minds basic questions there.

If your trip takes you beyond the valley, the national craps casino map covers Reno, Laughlin, Lake Tahoe and every other state with a confirmed table. And before you leave the room for the casino floor, check one thing on the placard at your chosen table: does 10x odds mean 10x on every point, or 10x with a dollar cap?