I'd like to see some variety here, so let's not repeat something someone else has posted verbatim, but if you have your own twist on a similar strategy let's hear that. Give me your favorite Six and Eight play - or the one you're most successful with - or the one you've always wanted to try but never had the balls to try - or whatever. You can start with a $12 bet or larger if you wish. How do YOU bet the Six and Eight? For the sake of this question we'll assume we're playing on a weekday off-strip somewhere and we've found a $10 game, so the minimum bet is $12. Which gets me to the question I'd like to hear your responses on. The house edge is less on the Six and Eight, so they're better bets. Yeah, at $7 - $6 they pay less than the outside numbers - but they pay it more often. Me? I'm always going to bet the Six and Eight. They have their philosophy on betting and they're going to live or die by it. And when he returned to buy-in again it was more of the same. He angrily told me that 'I don't bet the Six and Eight because they don't pay shit.' I said, 'They've paid me around $800 so far this hand while the outside numbers haven't paid you squat.' He Sevened out shortly after and stormed off to the ATM to recharge his bankroll.

I finally suggested that perhaps he should Place the Six and Eight.

He was bitching that the dice were no damned good. He was pissed off and was asking for new dice every few rolls and was just slinging the dice down table as hard as he could and the Sixes and Eights just kept on coming. Sixteen or Seventeen rolls into his hand I had collected Seven or Eight hundred dollars and he'd collected - maybe $100.

Meanwhile he was collecting zip because he was betting $35 each on the Five and Nine and $25 each on the Four and Ten. I quickly took my bets from $18 - $42 - $90 and was happily sitting there collecting $105 on every hit. Recently while playing at one of my local joints a shooter from straight out got hot on the Six and Eight and was killing them. It's interesting to see both the different philosophies and strategies out there when it comes to betting the Six and Eight.

Buy 6 and 8 craps