Craps Rules
Craps is a dice game that is one of the most exciting casino games and is considered as America's most popular gambling game. If you are new to the world of casino games, the craps rules might seem complicated because craps table uses unfamiliar language. You should not be intimidated by the chaotic craps table or the hectic surroundings if you are a craps beginner. After learning craps terminology, you will find out later that craps is quite easy. Once you have learned the craps rules, and familiarized yourself with this fast and exciting dice game you will understand why it's so popular.
Object
The aim of the craps game is that players bet on or against numbers or number combinations being rolled on a pair of six-sided dice.
Type of Participants
- Boxman: Sits behind the middle to keep a constant watch over the craps game and maintains complete control of all that happens.
- Dealer: There are two dealers on each side of the craps table and their role is to pay off the winner and rake in the losing chips.
- The Stickman: Controls the action of the craps dice and the speed of the game. He pushes a couple of sets of dice to the shooter after seeing all craps bets are down.
Craps Table
The craps table can accommodate up to 20 players. Players may stand at either end of the table since both sides contain exactly the same bets. Either pass or do not pass, most craps players play the line and the come. The line and the pass are the two best areas to gamble that provides the best potential odds to the player. Always take you full odds in back of your pass line bet if you are wagering the pass line. Remember that each player can get a round of throws or at 'shooting' the dice. And if you don't want to throw the dice, you can bet on the thrower.
Craps Bet
- Come Bets –The same as the pass line bets that are made after the come-out roll. It takes up a sizable portion of the center of the craps desk.
- Don't Come Bets - It is the same as the Don’t Pass Bet with same house percentage of of 1.414% and 1.402%, as the pass line bets.
- Pass Line – It is one of the best bets on the board.
- Don't Pass – It has slightly better odds than pass line bet odds.
- Buy Bets - The house takes out a 5% service charge on these bets. Only the 4 and 10 make buy bets valuable.
- Place Bets - The 4 and 10 pay 9-5, true odds 10-5, yielding a house edge of 6.66%. The 5 and 9 pay 7-5, true odds are 7.5-5 (house edge 4%). The 6 and 8 pay 7-6, true odds are 6-5 (house edge 1.51%.
- Field Bet - A bet that the upcoming roll of the dice will show a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12. House edge is 5.55%.
- Hardway Bet - A bet that a "double" will hit before a 7. The house edge is 9.09% and 11.11%, considered as a bad wager.
- Horn Bet -A bet that the upcoming will show a 2, 3, 11 or a 12. One makes a horn bet by handing the bet to the dealer, shouting, for instance, "$4 horn bet," providing him $1 on each and every of the four one-roll propositions.
- Eleven - One-roll wager that rewards 14 to 1. The true odds are 17 to 1 with a house percentage of 16.66%.
- Seven - One-roll bet that rewards odds of 4 to 1. Odds are 5 to 1 with the distinction giving the house a 16.66% edge.
- Odds Bet - When a point is made, a participant can obtain the odds, laying exactly the same odds when he bets against the point. This bet can be placed together with Pass Line Bets, Don't Pass Line Bets, Come Bets, and
- Don't Come Bets - The payout depends on what number the shooter's point is. The odds bets always give true odds, and are the most advantageous in Craps.
- Any Craps - One-roll wager with a house edge of 11.11%, considered a bad bet.
- Big 6 & 8 – The house has a 9.09% edges. Player bets in boxes marked as such as gets even money instead of 6 to 5 true odds.