Goal
The goal of
craps is to correctly predict
certain outcomes when two dice are rolled on
a table. Correct predictions result in bets
being paid off as winning bets and incorrect
predictions result in the loss of chips.
Set Up
The set up of a craps table is quite
interesting in the sense that it is quite
similar to the tables that you will see in
other games, but with different labels
denoting different things. The actual setup
of the table includes a table that has the
words come, don’t come, pass, don’t pass and
a variety of numbers and other words on them.
These all represent the different bets that
are available in the craps game and some of
them are quite complicated. The complicated
betting structure of craps is one of the
things that make it such a fun game.
Game Play
Craps, like most other casino games,
starts with the player making a bet. There
are a number of bets available to the player.
Fire: A fire bet is a bet that a
person can make on the next shooter making
their way onto a hot streak. For each
successively different point that the player
makes (a point is made when a player rolls a
4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 and then rolls that
number again before rolling a seven), a
person gets paid on a fire streak bet. The
first three distinct points (i.e. points for
different die values) do not pay anything,
but the fourth pays 25 to 1, the fifth pays
250 to 1 and the sixth pays 1000 to 1.
Pass Line: This is the basic bet of
craps. If the player rolls a 7 or 11 the bet
wins and if the player rolls a 2, 3 or 12
the bet loses. If the player rolls anything
else, then for the bet to win they must roll
that number again before rolling a seven.
Don’t Pass: The exact opposite bet
of the pass line bet, it wins when pass line
loses and it loses when pass line wins.
Odds: In some casinos, once the
point has been established on a pass line
bet a person has a chance at taking odds by
increasing the bet that they put down. This
can also be done for a don’t pass bet and
these bets actually pay at true odds, one of
the few things within a casino that does.
Come: The same as pass line, except
made one roll later.
Don’t Come: The opposite of come.
Yo: A bet on the next die roll
being the number 11.
3, 2 or 12: A bet on the next die
roll being 3, 2 or 12 respectively.
Hi-Lo: A bet on the next die roll
being 2 or 12.
Craps: A bet on the next roll being
2, 3 or 12.
Big Red: A bet on the
next roll being 7.
Field: A bet that the next roll
will be a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12.
These are the most common bets to be
encountered in a
craps game in a casino, but there
are a number of other bets that will be
offered as well depending on the specific
casino that is played at. Specifically, some
casinos will offer more multi-roll bets that
people can make after the come-out roll has
taken place, but that is very casino
specific. As a beginning player, the best
thing to do would be to focus on the pass
line bet because that is the simplest bet in
the game and easy to understand. If you are
interested in expanding your betting, then
try a couple of the single-roll bets that
have been mentioned above, you can also
read about casino uk games here. When
you are ready for a more advanced craps
game, then you can take a look at a more
advanced craps guide.
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