Craps Manual

Don't cheat yourself at craps--use the correct odds. This is the advice of John Scarne, professional magician and gambling authority for Yank magazine, who worked out the mathematics of the armed forces' No. 1 sport. By last week he had sent copies of the odds (printed on cards small enough to paste into helmets) to more than 2,000,000 servicemen. Scarne's table:

Against Passing

6 to 5 (30-c- to 25-c-) against 6 or 8 3 to 2 (15-c- to 10-c-) against 5 or 9 2 to 1 (10-c- to 5-c-) against 4 or 10 8 to 1 (40-c- to 5-c-) against double 2 or 5 10 to 1 (50-c- to 5-c-) against double 3 or 4

On the Come-Out (First Roll) 35 to 1 ($1,75 to 5-c-) against double numbers 17 to 1 (85-c- to 5-c-) against 11 11 to 1 (55-c- to 5-c-) against 4 or 10 8 to 1 (40-c- to 5-c- against 5 or 9 8 to 1 (40-c- to 5-c-) against crap (2, 3, 12) 5 to 1 (25-c- to 5-c-) against 7

Scarne figures that craps is an almost perfect gambling game: the shooter has a 49.293% chance of winning. Other Scarne conclusions: 1) soldiers gamble $300 million a month; 2) most-of their games are on the level.

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