Let’s say you decide one day that
you would like to play at an on-line casino. You find a nice-looking
website on the internet and immediately you are confronted
by your first decision: What game shall I play?
A very popular game is Craps, a dice game that is very exciting
and always accompanied by excitement and lots of action and
surrounded by yelling and noise, so much so that when you
enter a regular casino you can immediately tell where Craps
is being played by the noise and shouting coming from that
table. Craps is a game where a player becomes very involved,
no matter he is rolling the dice or whether he is a player
watching someone else rolling. Up to 20 people can crowd around
the Craps table and they are all yelling bets and numbers
at the same time, giving the area quite an atmosphere.
The Come Out Roll
The very first activity in the game is called the Come Out
Roll and this signifies the start of a new game. You can only
bet on the Come Out Roll if the previous shooter, the player
who rolls the dice) did not make a winning roll.
Each game starts with a new shooter. When the current shooter
makes a wining roll he will get the dice again. This is called
a continuation of his roll, even though it is a new game.
If a shooter does not make his point the dice pass to the
next player for another chance at the Come Out Roll
The Table Layout
The dice are thrown so that they roll across the table and
before you start playing you have to know something about
the table layout in order to know where the dice have to land
to count.
The table is divided into three sections, two sides and a
center section. The two sides are identical and contain ‘Pass’
and ‘Don’t Pass’ line bets, ‘Come’ and ‘Don’t Come’ bets,
‘Odds’ bet, ‘Place’ and ‘Field’ bets. The center section is
for the ‘Proposition’ bets. If you are a beginner player none
of those names will mean anything to you. Here is an explanation:
Betting
A Pass Line bet wins if the dice lands on a natural 7 or 11
on their first roll.
A Pass Line bet loses if the dice lands on a 2, 3, or 12.
However, if you land on a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 which is what
is known as a Point, the roll has to be repeated before another
7 is thrown if you are to win. If a 7 is rolled before that
Point is rolled again, the bet will be lost.
The Don’t Pass Line bet is the opposite of the Pass Line bet.
If the first roll of the dice lands on a 2 or 3 you win and
if it lands on a 7 or 11 you lose. If the dice lands on a
12 it means you ‘push’ or tie with the casino. To make you
a winner if a Point is rolled a 7 must come next for you to
win.
An Odds on Pass Line bet is the bet that you make after a
Point is rolled. You have to take the odds, but there is a
different amount for each Point so you can only win if the
Point is rolled again before the next 7 comes up.
The rules for a Come Bet are the same as the rules for the
Pass Line bet except that you can only make this bet after
the Point on the Pass Line has been decided.
The Don’t Come bet is the opposite of the Come Bet. After
the Come Point has been decided you win if the result of the
roll is a 2 or 3 and you lose for a 7 or 11.
12 is a tie with the house.
Place Bets work after the Point has been decided. Bets can
be made on a dice roll of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10. You win if
the number you bet on comes up before the 7.
Field bets give you only one roll of the dice and if you get
a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 or 11 you win. A 5, 6, 7, and 8 loses.
Proposition Bets are all one roll bets and you win if you
get any Craps (2, 3, or 12), any Seven (7), Eleven, Ace, Deuce
(win if a 3 is rolled), Aces or Boxcars (2 or 12), Horn Bet
( 2, 3, 11 or 12).
All of these bets are one roll bets which means that the dice
must land on the number with one roll of the dice.
All this should have provided you with enough information
to join into a game with the knowledge and confidence to win
out over the other players.
More about Craps:
Learn Craps Strategies
Read about Good Bets In Craps
