If you like
gambling, you must have definitely come across the Game Of Craps. This game is
one of the most appreciated games in the United States Of America. This is a
dice game and the players on this game make stakes at the outcome of the roll
of a pair of dice.
If you have
a look at the table, it can be really bewildering as the middle of the table
looks like the freeway system of Los Angeles. This game can be really tricky
for a newbie but if you know the rules, it will be an apple pie for you.
Knowing The
Table Guides
A Craps
table has a shape of a bathtub, infact a large bathtub about 14 feet long and 5
feet wide that is run by four casino personnel. A boxman, who manages the chips
as well as supervises the dealers. Two base dealers who are at the either side
of the table and the boxman. And lastly a stickman who has a multiple of tasks
to perform such as accepting and paying the bets, proclaiming the result and
moving the dice across the layout with a stick.
Understanding
Table
Understanding
the layout of the table can be real help for you. Let’s go to the layout of the
table. First thing to keep in mind about the table is that the left side of the
table is a complete mirror image of the right side. The table has various
betting belts designed on it. The different betting belts are:-
1. Pass Line Bet
2. Do Not Pass Bet
3. Field Bet consisting numbers 2, 3,
4, 9,10,11 and 12
4. Come Bet
5. Don’t come Bet
6. Place Bets comprising of number 4,
5, SIX, 8, NINE and 10
7. BIG 6 and 8
8. Horn Bet Or C and E also called as
Craps 11
9. Any Craps Bet
10. Any 7 Bet
11. Hard Way Bets
12. One Roll Bets
Placing The
Correct Bet
Pass Line
Bets
In the Pass
Line Bets, you turn out to be a winner if the roll comes out at a total of 7 or
11, and you are rewarded 1:1. Moreover you also get another chance to roll the
dice and bet once again. But if the total comes out to be 2, 3 or 12 you end up
on the losing side, giving an opportunity to the other player to roll the dice
and bet. Again if the total is 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, it is called as point and
the dice is rolled once again and it is called as point roll. If the sum of the
point roll is 7, you end up losing but if the total is a point, you come out to
be the winner.
Don’t Pass Bets
This type of bet is the
vice-versa of the Pass Line Bet and hence if the come-out roll sums 7, you end
up losing but if it is a total of 3 or 2 you win. If the sum is 12, you are
neither a winner nor a loser and this state is called as “push”. If the total
is either 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 it befalls to be “point” and on the point roll 7
makes you the winner whereas, point turns you to be the loser.
Come Bet
The Come Bet comes into
action once you have scored a point. Once the point is made, the bet can be
placed in Come. The rules are similar to Pass Line Bets and therefore, you win
with 7 or 11 and lose with 2,3 whereas 12 turns to be a push.
Don’t Come Bet
Now the Don’t Come Bet is
the vice versa of Come Bet and hence is similar to Don’t Pass Line. After
making a point, you can bet at the Don’t Come Bet and the winning and losing
same as Don’t Come Bet. You win with 2 + 3 and lose with 7 or 11 and 12 remains
a push just like the come bet.
Field Bets
At the field bets, you
turn out to be a winner and are paid 1:1 if 3, 4, 9, 10 or 11 is bet. And if
you bet on 2 or 12, you are paid 2:1
One Roll
Bets
You earn
4:1 if you bet for Any 7
Any Craps
will give you a 7:1
2 and 12 Craps
will earn you 30:1
3 and 11
Craps pays you 15:1
Probability
and Strategy
This is a
game of Dice and hence there is no hard and fast strategy to follow but you can
always use some of the tricks to keep yourself on the winning trend. It is
always safer to stay with Pass Line Bet as it has better odds than any other
bet. Although, Don’t Pass has a slight better odds to offer but you will be
betting against the shooter and thus the other players might not appreciate.
When it
comes to the probability, 7 is the most probable total to be had as there are 6
chances of getting seven whereas, 2 and 12 are the least probable totals for a
roll.
Rules Of
the game
·
So
now, you have a complete idea of the game and the best possible you to win
let’s move to the rules that should be kept in mind while playing this game.
·
The
dice can only be handled with one hand.
·
While
throwing the dice, it has to hit the other side of the table. The dice that
pass half the distance of the table are also treated as legal but are called as
Mellenberg Rolls. But those rolls are repeated that neither hit the other side
nor pass half the distance.
·
The
dice should not be a slider but should be tossed at the table.
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