In this guide, I will provide a detailed overview of the Any Seven bet in Craps, including how to place it, the odds of winning, and how to maximize your chances of success.
Whether you're a seasoned craps player or a beginner just getting started, this guide will help you understand the Any Seven bet and how to include it in your betting strategy.
An Any 7 bet is a one-roll bet that a 7 will roll on the next toss of the dice. If that next roll of the dice is a 7 and you have bet Any 7, you win. If any number other than 7 rolls, that bet is lost.
Please note
At the top of the middle Prop Bet section of the craps table, you may see a bet marked "Seven," "Any 7", "Any Seven," or "Big Red." They are all the same bet, just different names.
To make an Any Seven bet, toss your bet into the area in front of the prop bet section or to the stickman when you have his attention, saying, "Any 7, please".
The stickman should move your bet to the Any 7 bet area in the center of the table so that he'll know it's your bet. Casino rules forbid hand-to-hand passing of chips between staff and players for security reasons.
That's why you need to toss in your stickman-serviced bets and tell him what your bet is when it is your turn to bet.
There are six ways to roll a 7 with two dice: 1-6, 6-1, 2-5, 5-2, 3-4, and 4-3, but since both dice are the same color in the casino, you won't be able to tell if that was a 1-6 or a 6-1 seven that just rolled.
There are 36 possible results for the roll of two dice, so the odds of randomly rolling a 7 on any given roll is 1 in 6.
The payout for an "Any Seven" bet is 4 to 1, meaning that for every dollar you bet on Any Seven, should you win your bet, you'll be paid four dollars.
A $1 bet would pay $4. A $5 bet would pay $20.
At some casinos, the payoff is marked 5 for 1, which is just a different wording for the same payout amount. Casinos use that wording to make gamblers think they are getting a bigger payoff when they aren't.
If you are willing to bet in $9 multiples on 7, then a 15-to-1 payoff on $9 hopping all three combos of 7's bet ($3 on 1-6 or 6-1, $3 on 2-5 or 5-2 and $3 on 3-4 or 4-3) will put $48 back in your rack after your bet is removed after winning.
Whereas, a winning $9 Any Seven bet will only add $45 to your rack: $36 won (4x $9 bet), plus getting your original $9 bet returned. Plus, the house edge for the Any 7 is a whopping 17%, making it a bad choice for the players.
You can make the Any Seven bet at any time, but most seem to be made on come-out rolls, maybe because so many players are playing a game-within-a-game, trying to roll that winning 7 on come-out rolls.
I am not aware of any way that you can successfully incorporate the Any Seven bet into a winning broader craps betting strategy.
The best strategy I know of for doing that is to bet the don't pass on the come-out roll. That bet could win or lose on that first roll or establish a point that has to be decided on future rolls.
If the don't pass point became 6 or 8, I'd put a nearly equal place bet on the point number so that if the 7 rolled, it would win just a few dollars, but if the number repeated, instead, I'd win even more. The reason is that the 6 or 8 are the hardest don't pass bets to win, so I'd just as soon bypass playing them.
Strategy Example
If I had $100 don't pass bet on 6, I'd place bet $96 on 6. That would make me win $4 to the 7 rolling first and would make me win $12 if the 6 rolled before the 7 showed.
This way, I win a little money regardless of what the outcome is.
Then I'd make a don't come bet to try to get a different and easier to win don't come number.
If my don't come bet wasn't decided right away and went to a point, I'd do the same as above again if the 6 or 8 rolled. If the 5 or 9 rolled, I'd play out that bet without odds until it was decided and wait for the next shooter's turn to bet again.
If the 4 or 10 became the point, I'd play that out, but with double odds, because that is the bet that I am most likely to win playing the don't pass or don't come.
"Any Seven bet" in craps is a bet that anyone wanting to win long-term should avoid making.
As you can learn from my Academy craps guides, you have better alternatives, but it sometimes makes sense to combine the Any Seven with other bets with a lower house edge.
Money is usually won at craps by combining different individual bets to form a betting strategy that usually wins for how the table is currently playing and what the shooter can toss most often.
Summarizing My Any Seven Strategy
I am all but canceling my 6 and 8 don't bets with place hedge bets because they are the hardest to win. I'm just playing my 5 and 9 don't bets without odds, as I will likely win.
I'm putting double odds on my don't 4 and 10 bets because I'll most likely win these bets. That's focusing my advantage on how I bet.
As an accomplished dice influencer, when I am the shooter, my ability to toss more than expected 7's when needed to win don't pass bets by using the dice sets that have proven themselves best for my toss.
I can snipe the 7 while avoiding whatever the don't point number is; that ability swings the favor further into my court.
Be aware
As with all strategies, as craps players say: "It works until it doesn't, as nothing will probably win under all circumstances."
Sometimes you have to be willing to switch betting strategies mid-steam when the table play suddenly switches from good to bad or vice versa.
What about "dice setting" or "dice influencing"? How does that affect how often a 7 is rolled?
The likelihood of rolling 7 on any toss of the dice is 1 to 6, based on the expectations for a random shooter, who whips the dice down the table in a random way without using a repeatable toss or setting the dice to where they have the same numbers on top and back before tossing each time.
How Dice Influencing Can Help You
Players who have a rhythmic roll or dice setters who have honed their craft and know their best dice set to use for the bets that they are making may be able to stretch that 7's-to-rolls ratio out to where they average several more rolls per 7 than is expected for random.
Conclusion
The Any Seven bet carries a considerable house advantage of about 17%, so it's almost impossible to rely on making long-term profits by betting Any Seven long term.
It is a bet to avoid making. Smart craps players avoid it to the point that I rarely see it being made. This bet is more for the poorly-educated and thrill-seeking player.
Good luck at the tables! And avoid greed at all costs; it's probably your worst enemy at the table.
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About Bill Collins
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