Craps Basics
Craps is a very simple casino game and learning how to play craps can be fairly easy. However some people get confused by the rules and end up losing their money, so it is important to understand them. If you have ambitions to play craps regularly or you just want to play craps for fun, there are certain basic rules and strategies that you have to learn.
The basic principles of craps are as follows:
Rolling a specific number before rolling a 7. The first roll – referred to as "coming out" determines which number is needed to be rolled again before a seven. This number is what is known as a point.
A point can be a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10. If a 7 is rolled before the point your wager is lost, at which time the betting starts all over again.
Some basic craps bets
The pass line is probably the most fundamental and the very first bet you need to learn. This is the first bet in the craps game and is placed before the come-out roll. The pass line:
- wins if a 7 or 11 is rolled on the come out roll.
- loses if a 2, 3, or 12 is rolled on the come out roll.
The don't pass line is the opposite of the pass line bet. The don’t pass line:
- wins if the pass line loses.
- loses if the pass line bet wins.
"The come" is placed after the come-out roll. Otherwise the same rules apply to this bet as to the pass line bet.
"The don't come" is the opposite of the come This bet wins when the come bets loses.
There are bets that a certain number will be rolled before a 7. These bets are played as "place" and "buy" bets, which means that different numbers have different house advantages and payouts. Here are some more odds:
- 7 rolling: 1 in 6
- 6 rolling: 5 in 36
- 8 rolling: 5 in 36
- 4 rolling: 4 in 36
- 10 rolling: 4 in 36
A bet that a 7 will roll before any other number is called a "place loser" and "lay bets".
This was an introduction to the casino game of craps. You can practice these rules by playing it online for a while and get comfortable with the bets. Then you are ready to learn more about the craps casino game.
