How do you play craps?

Answer 1

It would require an explanation the size of a book to explain all of the available bets on a craps table. Convert your cash into chips by laying the money on the table. One of the dealers will pick up the cash and give you chips. There is a disk on the table called a button which will either display on or off. If the button is on the "off" side, a new roll is about to start and you either need to bet on the Pass line or the Don't Pass line. If the "on" side is displayed, you would make the bet on on the Come or Don't Come area of the table. Its the same bet in terms of what wins or loses. So you make a bet on the Pass Line. If the roll of the dice produces a 7 or 11 you win what you bet. If 2, 3, or 12 is rolled you lose. Any other number produces a point. The button will be placed on this number on the "on" side. If you roll this number on subsequent rolls before a 7 you win what you bet. If the 7 comes first you lose. The Don't pass line is the opposite almost. If you roll 7 or 11 on the first roll, you lose. 2 or 3 is an outright win. 12 is a push. If a point is established, you win if you roll a 7 before the point is made on subsequent rolls. When a point is established in the game, you have the option of putting chips behind the line called an "odds bet". You should always make this bet in that the house has no advantage on this bet. The house pays true odds on these bets as follows. If the point is 6 or 8, the true odds are 6 to 5. You will be paid 6$ for every 5$ you bet. For 5 and 9 the bet is paid at 3 to 2 and for 4 and 10 2 to 1. The opposite is true for the Don't pass Don't Come bets. The rest of the bets can be made as long as you have made a pass line or don't pass line bet. They should be for the most part avoided due to the higher house advantage on these bets. An exception would apply in the case of a "place bet" on one of the point numbers. A place bet is where you directly bet on one of the point numbers. On a hot roll, you might want to place a bet on the 6 and 8. Do not bet on the 6/8 bet on the corners of the layout. This bet only pays even money as opposed to 7 to 6 for a place bet on the same numbers. Start slow by making pass line bets and get a feel for the game and watch other players. Especially watch those making odds bets. You need to memorize the odds for the odds bets behind the line. Make sure you bet an amount so that the correct odds can be paid. You will otherwise be paid even money.

Answer 2

Craps gives you one of the best shots at making good on your money, provided you know which bets are the ones worth making and which ones to reconsider.

Craps is best played with patience. The Pass Line bet and the Place bet for 6 or 8 will stand you in good stead over the long haul. Because of the low house advantage, these are two of the best bets you're likely to make.

Pass Line Bets: you win if the shooter rolls a 7 or an 11 on the first roll, or if the shooter establishes a point by rolling 4,5,6,8,9 or 10 and then rolls that same number again before rolling a 7.

Place bet on 6 or 8: you win if either a 6 or an 8 (depending on what number you're betting on) is rolled before a 7.

Betting Any 7

You'll often find craps players betting on 'Any 7'. The odds of Any 7 bets pay out at 4 to 1. The chances of you actually landing that bet are 5 to 1. Do the math and you'll see that it's just not worth it.

Betting The Field

As tempting as it is to bet the field, because it gives you lots of numbers to win and the payouts can be fairly attractive, there are a few cautions. For starters, you lose money much faster on this bet, and for every 16 winning bets there will be 20 losing results. Numbers 6,7 and 8 come up most often and they won't win you any money on this bet. Nor do 5 and 9 (the fourth most frequent results).

Betting On The Centre - Table Propositions

They can carry a casino advantage as high as 16%.

Big 6 And Big 8

These bets pay only even money, despite the fact that they work much the same way as Place Win bets on 6 and 8. Go for the Place Bets instead - they pay 7/6 odds. To put it another way: the house edge on Place Bets for 6 and 8 is only 1.52%, while on Big 6 and Big 8 it's 9.1%.

Hardways

Beware the Hardways bet - they don't call it hard for nothing. A Hardways bet on 4 or 10 has odds of 7 to 1 and a house edge of 11.11%. Hardways bets on 6 or 8 are 9 to 1 with a house edge of 9.09%. There are easier bets to make.

Answer 3

on a craps table in Vegas with dice

Answer 4

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