| Craps is a game of chance, but before playing
craps, it's important to know the rules of the game, in order to be best able
to play. Craps seems very complicated at first, but once the basics are
understood, the game is not that difficult anymore, but a lot of fun. That is
also the reason why the craps tables in a casino are usually the loudest ones.
When a table is hot, there is a lot of excitement. Before starting to tell
you about the craps rules, we highly recommend downloading the casino software
from one of our recommended internet casinos and registering a guest account
with them. That way, you will be able to play craps for free on your computer
while learning the game. Therefore, you will be able to actually do what you
have just learned on this website. Learning by doing!!! Also, when you have a
craps table in front of you, it's also easier to explain everything.
At the beginning of each round, the players will make a bet on either "Pass"
or "Don't Pass". Then, the dice will be rolled. Should you have bet on
Pass, and a 7 or 11 comes, you win and get paid 1 to 1, meaning that if you
bet $10 on pass and you win, you will win $10 and get your original $10 back.
Should you have bet on Pass and a 2, 3 or 12 comes on the first roll of the
dice, you lose your bet. If any other numbers come (4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10), this
number will be established as the point and your bet will continue to be on
the table. If you bet on Pass, you now will win your bet, if the point comes
again before a 7 is rolled. The payout when hitting the point before a 7 is
also 1 to 1.
The Don't Pass bet is exactly the opposite of the Pass bet. On the first
throw of the dice, you will win if the dice shows 2 or 3 and will get your
wager back if the number is a 12. You lose, if a 7 or 11 comes. If there is a
point established, you now win when the 7 comes before the point comes again.
The payout on the Don't Pass bet is also 1 to 1.
You are also able to make some other bets before a point is established,
but these other bets, which will be explained later, have a higher house edge
and should therefore be avoided.
After the point is established, you will also be able to make "Come"
and "Don't Come" bets, which are basically the same thing as "Pass" or
"Don't Pass" bets, but can only be made once there is a point. These bets also
pay 1 to 1! When betting Pass, you will win when the next roll is a 7 or 11,
and lose should the next roll be a 2, 3 or 12. If it's neither one of these
numbers, you will win when the number that was rolled when you took the Come
bet, is rolled again before a 7 is rolled.
The opposite is true for the Don't Come bet. You will win when the roll
following your bet is either a 2 or 3, and lose when the roll is a 7 or 11.
You will get your money back when the first roll is a 12. Should neither one
of these numbers come on the roll following your bet, you will win when a 7
comes before the number that was rolled after your original bet is rolled
again.
Now, I will tell you about the best bet available in craps. This bet is
called Odds Bet and is a "backup bet" of your original Pass/Don't Pass
or Come/Don't Come bet. Odd Bets work in the following way: Once a point is
established for your Pass/Don't Pass bet, you can now lay more money on the
number that is the point, and get even odds (the casino has no edge) for that
bet. For example, you bet on Pass and the point is 4. Now, you can backup your
original Pass bet, by betting another unit on the 4. Should the 4 come before
the 7 comes, you will win. The payout for the Pass bet will be 1 to 1, and for
the Odds Bet, the payout will be 2 to 1, which represents the true odds of a 4
coming before a 7. For more information on this subject, visit our
Craps Odds and
Craps Strategy
sections.
The following are other bets available at the Craps tables. They all
give the house a higher edge than the Pass/Don't Pass, Come/Don't Come
and Odds Bets and should therefore be avoided!
"Field" Bets: Can be placed on any role and the player wins when the
roll is 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12. Should the roll be 5, 6, 7 or 8, the player
loses.
"Big 6" and "Big 8" bets: Can be placed at any time. When
using the Big 6 bet, the player wins when a 6 is rolled before a 7. When using
the Big 8 bet, the player wins when the roll is a 8, before it is a 7. This
bet pays 1 to 1, and unresolved bets may be removed!
"Place Win" Bets: This bet can be placed at any time, but are
inactive for the coming out roll. You will win when the number you bet on (4,
5, 6, 8, 9 or 10) is rolled before a 7 is rolled. The payout of this kind of
bet depends on what number you chose: 7 to 6 on numbers 6 and 8, 7 to 5 on
numbers 5 and 9, and 9 to 5 on numbers 4 and 10. Unresolved Place Win bets may
be removed!
"Place Lose" Bets: May be placed at any time, but are inactive for
coming out roll. They are the exact opposite of the Place Win bets. You will
win when a 7 comes before the number you placed your Place Lose bet on.
Payouts are 4 to 5 on numbers 6 and 8, 5 to 8 on numbers 5 and 9, and 5 to 11
on numbers 4 and 10. Unresolved Place Lose bets may be removed!
"Any 7" Bets: May be placed at any time and is a bet on the next
roll. Should the roll following your bet be a 7, you get paid at 4 to 1 (it
might state on the craps table that the payout is 5 for 1, which is another
way of saying that it's 4 to 1; 5 for 1 means that you will get back 5 times
your original bet, while 4 to 1 states that you get back 4 times your original
bet, plus your original bet; therefore, 5 for 1 and 4 to 1 have the same
payout!).
"Any 11" Bets: May be placed at any time and is a bet on the next
roll. Should the roll following your bet be a 11, you will win and get paid at
15 to 1.
"Any Craps" Bets: May be placed at any time and is a bet on the next
roll. The player will win when the roll following the bet is either a 2, 3 or
12. The payout is 7 to 1.
"Horn" Bets: May be placed at any time and is bet on the next roll.
The player will win when the roll following the bet is a 2, 3, 11 or 12. When
placing your horn bet, the amount you wager is divided by four. Should you be
correct, you will get paid back 1/4 of your original bet with the payouts of
15 to 1 on numbers 3 and 11 and 30 to 1 when the number of the roll is 2 or
12. So, if you wager $10 on the Horn bet, and a 2 comes, you will get $77.50
(0.25 x $10 x 30 + 0.25 x $10) back.
"Hardway" Bets: Hardway bets are inactive during the come out bet.
The player wins when the number bet on (4, 6, 8 or 10) is rolled the hard way
before a 7 is rolled. Rolling a number the hard way means that the number must
be rolled with the identical number on each of the dice. For example, a 4
rolled the hard way is simply a roll of 2+2. An easy roll would be for example
a roll of 3+1 to get 4 total. The payout is 7 to 1 on numbers 4 and 10 and 9
to 1 on numbers 6 and 8. Unresolved bets may be resolved!
These are all the bets possible on a craps table. I hope that you now have
a basic understanding of the game. For further study, check out our
Craps Odds and
Craps Strategy
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