Progressive Craps Betting: Press and Regression Schedules
Positive progression · Press schedules · Regression · Locked profit
Progressive craps betting increases a wager after selected wins; regression reduces it after a target is reached. These schedules can create large exposure during a long hand or bank money early. They change session volatility—not the probability of the next roll or the house edge on a working bet.
Start with the cash flow
A press is not automatically funded or safe because it follows a win. Track three amounts separately: money supplied from the rack, payouts already banked, and chips still working. Rack chips are outside the layout. Called-off Place bets also do not lose on that roll, but remain on the table and must be collected before leaving. Working status and wager type determine what 7 settles.
Four common positive progressions
| Schedule | $6 Place 6 example | Tradeoff |
|---|---|---|
| Full press | $6 → $12 → $24 → $48 | Fast growth; little banked early |
| Up one unit | $6 → $12 → $18 → $24 | More payout retained; slower growth |
| Same bet, then press | Collect first; press second; repeat | Balances rack and layout growth |
| Collect two, then press | Bank two wins before increasing | Slower but protects more early profit |
Full-press cash flow on Place 6
Start with $6. The first hit pays $7: use $6 to reach $12 and rack $1. A $12 hit pays $14: use $12 to reach $24 and rack $2 more. A $24 hit pays $28: use $24 to reach $48 and rack $4. After three wins, $7 is banked and $48 is working. If 7 arrives, the working bet is lost, but the sequence finishes $1 above the original $6 outlay.
Calling the $48 “house money” is still misleading. The player could remove it. Choosing to leave it working is a fresh decision involving money the player owns.
Same bet, then press
With $6 on 6, collect the first $7. If 7 follows, the sequence nets $1. On the second hit, use $6 of the $7 payout to press to $12 and rack $1. The rack now holds $8; if 7 then removes $12, the completed sequence remains $2 ahead of the original outlay. A third hit at $12 pays $14, which can be collected.
Regression after early hits
A regression starts larger, then reduces the layout after a collection. For example, $12 each on 6 and 8 collects $14 on one hit; reducing both to $6 requires taking $12 off the table. The rack receives $26, while $12 remains working. Against the original $24 layout, that locks $2 if the next roll is 7.
Correcting the old “2,2 press” language
The old page called $22 “across”; $22 is Inside: $5 each on 5/9 and $6 each on 6/8. A standard low-limit Across layout is commonly $32. The proposed routine collected two hits in each of two shooter series, then pressed two winning bets in the third. That is a pacing rule, not a hot/choppy/cold predictor. Define whether a “series” means one shooter, one point cycle, or one completed layout before using it.
Write these limits before pressing
- Starting unit and proper payout multiples.
- Exact trigger: every win, alternating wins, or number-specific wins.
- Maximum bet on each number and maximum total layout.
- When to collect, regress, turn off, or remove.
- Whether the plan resets after 7, a made point, or a new shooter.
Compare the worked Four Hits for One Point progression, $22 Inside regression, and the broader systems audit directory.
Settle the full-press sequence at every stopping point
Use the original $6 supplied from the rack as the baseline. If 7 appears before the first 6, the $6 wager is lost and the sequence ends at −$6. After one hit, $1 has been racked and $12 is working; a 7 then removes the $12, leaving the player with $1 from the sequence, or −$5 relative to the original $6.
After two hits, the rack contains $3 and the Place 6 has grown to $24. A 7 at that point leaves $3, so the sequence finishes at −$3. After three hits, the rack contains $7 and $48 is working. A 7 then leaves the player $1 ahead of the original outlay. The large working amount is returned only if the player calls the bet down before it loses.
These stopping results explain what the press schedule changes: repeated wins move more owned chips from the rack to the layout until the collected remainder finally exceeds the initial cash supplied. Track the rack total after every win and decide in advance which checkpoint triggers a collection or regression. That keeps a visible $48 layout from being mistaken for $48 of locked profit.
Off and down produce different locations for the same owned chips
After the displayed three-hit full press, $7 is in the rack and $48 Place 6 is on the table. Calling that $48 off makes the next 7 harmless to this inactive Place wager, leaving $55 owned between rack and layout. Taking it down instead puts all $55 in the rack, a $49 gain relative to the original $6 supplied.
If the off bet is later called working, its $48 is exposed again and a 7 can lose it. If 6 rolls while it remains off, it earns no payout. Specify when to resume or retrieve it; an off chip is not a banked collection. Keep unrelated Pass, Come or Don’t contracts out of this isolated example, since their settlement and removal rules do not follow a Place bet’s on/off instruction.
