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Craps Wheel Bet

2 Way Hop Bets and 3 Way Hop Bets

Hop Bets on a craps table layout
Hop Bets.
The 17 other dice combinations. Along with the 2,3,11 and 12 there are 21 possible Hop bets.
Most Casinos do NOT have these hop bets shown on the table layout.
2 Way Hop or 3 Way Hop Bets
3 Way Hop example: a bet for the eight (8) can be made on the 2:6, 3:5 or the 4:4 combination. These are the 3 'WAYS' an eight can roll.
2 Way Hop example: a bet for the nine (9) can be made on the 3:6, 4:5 combination. These are the 2 'WAYS' a nine can roll.
Most tables do not offer these bets and do not have a place on the layout for them. Pays 15 to 1 or 30 to 1 on all pair combinations.1:1, 2:2, 3:3 etc.
2 way and 3 way hop bet rules
All 3 way hop bets are made in units if $3. example: $3 - 3 way eight, $15 - 3 way seven.
All 2 way hop bets are made in units if $2 or an even number bet. example: $2 - 2 way four, $20 - 2 way nine.
Wheel Bet
Craps Wheel Bet. This is a very rarely seen bet. It is a Service bet placed by the stickman or boxman. It is a one roll hop bet on the 6 ways that a single die number from 1 to 6 can roll. It is bet in units of $6.
Example: "Wheel the Six" is a bet on the 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5 and 6-6
Example: "Wheel the Five" is a bet on the 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5 and 5-6
Probability of winning is 11/36 or 30.56% or slightly more than 3 out of 10.
Pays: 15 to 1 (16 for 1) on the exact winning combination only.
Pays: 30 to 1 (31 for 1) on the pair rolling

Wheel Bet Frequencies

Win / Loss (Frequency) Table for the Wheel bet.
Probability 11/36
As seen in the highlighted cells below:

30.55% (that's slightly more than 3 out of 10) of all Wheel winning rolls
never get past one (1) roll. That is the wheel's repeat winning probability.

51.77% (that's slightly better than 1 out of 2) of all Wheel winning rolls
never get past two (2) rolls. That is the wheel's repeat winning probability.

66.51% (that's almost 2 out of 3) of all wheel winning rolls
never get past three (3) rolls
Wheel1 in30.56%No Past1 in / out of11/36Yes Past1 in
rollIndv %Indv %Win%Win% OddsrollLoss%Loss% Odds
13.2730.5556%30.5556%3.27169.44%5 out of 6
24.7121.2191%51.7747%1.93248.23%2 out of 3
36.7914.7355%66.5102%1.50333.49%4 out of 7
49.7710.2330%76.7432%3.3 / 4.3423.26%4.30
514.077.1062%83.8494%5.19 / 6.19516.15%6.19
620.264.9349%88.7843%7.92 / 8.92611.22%8.92
729.183.4270%92.2113%11.84 / 12.8477.79%12.84
842.022.3799%94.5912%17.49 / 18.4985.41%18.49
960.511.6527%96.2439%25.62 / 26.6293.76%26.62
1087.131.1477%97.3916%37.34 / 38.34102.61%38.34
11125.470.7970%98.1886%54.21 / 55.21111.81%55.21
12180.670.5535%98.7421%78.5 / 79.5121.26%79.50
13260.170.3844%99.1265%113.48 / 114.48130.87%114.48
14374.650.2669%99.3934%163.84 / 164.84140.61%164.84
15539.490.1854%99.5787%236.38 / 237.38150.42%237.38
16776.870.1287%99.7074%340.82 / 341.82160.29%341.82
171118.690.0894%99.7968%491.22 / 492.22170.20%492.22
181610.910.0621%99.8589%707.8 / 708.8180.14%708.80
192319.720.0431%99.9020%1019.67 / 1020.67190.10%1020.67
203340.390.0299%99.9320%1468.77 / 1469.77200.07%1469.77
214810.160.0208%99.9528%2115.47 / 2116.47210.05%2116.47
226926.630.0144%99.9672%3046.72 / 3047.72220.03%3047.72
239974.350.0100%99.9772%4387.71 / 4388.71230.02%4388.71
2414363.070.0070%99.9842%6318.75 / 6319.75240.02%6319.75
2520682.810.0048%99.9890%9099.44 / 9100.44250.01%9100.44
2629783.250.0034%99.9924%13103.63 / 13104.63260.01%13104.63
2742887.880.0023%99.9947%18869.67 / 18870.67270.01%18870.67
2861758.550.0016%99.9963%27172.76 / 27173.76280.00%27173.76
2988932.310.0011%99.9974%39129.22 / 39130.22290.00%39130.22
30128062.530.0008%99.9982%56346.51 / 56347.51300.00%56347.51