[playersare]

the passline carries a house edge of 1.41%.

taking free odds behind the passline will average the house edge down from 1.41% closer to zero, but it will never actually hit zero or become player positive, because you still have your original passline bet giving the house their 1.41%.

the people who are craps advantage players are so because they can supposedly control their dice throwing to avoid 7's after the point is made. it is conceivable that this physical skill can be practiced enough to perhaps nullify the house edge, or even overcome it, but probably not by much.

by only playing passline with odds, an advantage roller has the least amount of house edge to go against. every other bet on the craps table has an edge of more than 1.41%, some as high as 16.67%. no bionic arm would be able to overcome that!

on mathematical fundamentals alone, however, craps is a guaranteed winner for the casino in the long run. if only they could find people under the age of 75 who still want to play...