Part II: Table Game Cheating · Dice & Craps Cheating Methods

False Hop Bet Payouts (Dealer Collusion)

How it works

The dealer pays a hop bet that was never actually placed, or pays it at an incorrect (higher) rate. The player and dealer are working together. The dealer might place a “marker” on a hop bet after the roll, creating the appearance that the bet was there all along. Alternatively, the dealer pays an easy hop bet at hard hop odds (15:1 instead of the correct lower rate, or 30:1 instead of 15:1). This scam exploits the complexity of hop bet payouts and the fast pace of craps.

Where it appears

Casino Craps

On the record

Often combined with the mumbled hop bet collusion - the dealer creates a paper trail of legitimate-looking hop bet payouts for bets that were never clearly placed.

Published as a detection reference for surveillance, compliance and gaming-operations professionals. Thresholds and tuning are set by the property. Nothing here is instruction — the method is described so it can be recognised.