How to Play Craps

Craps is a very leading and tangled game. Craps certainly does evoke an emotive reception from bettors participants. If there's one area in a casino where you'll find many shouting players, it's around the craps table! The game of craps has a long history and is still high. Some imagine that craps is very hard to study, but the only genuinely complicating aspect of craps is the kind of different wagers. Good times and excitement at the craps table await you!

How to Play Craps

The Player should just bet on certain fields and roll the dice to succeed. The Wagerer who is rolling is called the shooter. The end product of each roll shows what bets win or lose on the table. The game consists of rounds. The thrower rolls the dice one or several times in each round. The purpose of the thrower is to pass the round. There are two kinds or rolls that enable to pass or not to pass the round:

The come out roll

The shooter's initial roll in the outset of the round is called the Come Out roll. An additional mark of a roll's being first is a special black disc with "OFF" text.

Depending on the initial roll end product, the result of the round are determined:

• If the shooter got 7 or 11 in total (the numbers are called natural) in this roll, it means the Player passed. diverse wagers are paid out and the round is over.
• If the thrower got 2 in total (snake eyes), 3 (cross eyes), or 12 (box cars) in this roll, the Better did not pass (the roll is called "crapping out"). respective bets are paid out and the round is over.
• If the Gambler did not get natural or craps, the Better got the "point number". In this case the disc is turned upside down to show "ON" and placed opposite the point number in the table, so that the Player could be sure what the point number is. Then the intent of the shooter is to get the point number in total before 7 in total comes out. The shooter makes subsequent rolls for it.

Subsequent Rolls

If the thrower does not get natural or craps in the first roll, then the he has to roll the point number once again to be able to pass. If 7 comes out first, the Better did not pass.

The following rules are applied for each next roll:

• If the shooter got the point number, he passed. several bets are paid out and the round is over.
• If the shooter got 7 ("seven out"), he did not pass. respective bets are paid out and the round is over.
• If the shooter got other numbers, then various wagers are paid out and the shooter rolls on, trying to get the point number.

After the Wagerer passed or did not pass, the new round starts. Another person can be the shooter then. In land casinos, the thrower is usually changed when he gets the seven out.

wagers

To place a wager, you should fist choose the amount of the chip you want. Then just click on the table field. Another click will increase the wager by the amount of the chip. To reset or cancel your wager, choose erasing chip () and click to the bet.

The Craps game has a lot of respective wagers. Please see the tables below to find out the bet payout amount and wager limits.

The following are wager types in the game:

• Pass Line and Don't Pass bets

In this case you bet on the thrower's passing or not passing in the round. If you wager on the Pass Line field, you are called a "right" bettor, since you wager on the shooter's passing. If you wager on Don't Pass, you are called "wrong" or "contrarian" bettor, since you play against the thrower.

The bets Pass Line and Don't Pass are opposite. If the thrower passes , you succeed if you bet on Pass Line. If you wager on Don't Pass, you lose. The Don't Pass wager is returned to the Player, if initial roll was 2 in total.

• Come and Don't Come bets

This kind of bets is very close conceptually to the above kinds of wagers, except that these wagers are only placed for subsequent rolls.

The Come wager wins if the next number to come out is natural (7 or 11). If the next roll gives a crap (2, 3 or 12), the bet loses. When the next roll gives 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,10 (the come numbers), your wager is moved to current come out number in appropriate field of the "Buy bet" number on the table. Your wager plays the same as the Buy bet (if this number comes out before seven, you win). Otherwise the bet remains until a point number or 7 comes out.

The Don't Come bet is contrary to the Come bet. The Don't Come bet wins if the next roll gives 3 or 12, and loses if 7 or 11 comes out. If the next roll gives 2, the bet is considered push and returned to the Wagerer. If the come number comes out, the bet is moved to the "Lay bet" field of appropriate number and acts as the Lay wager (if seven comes out before your number, you succeed). Otherwise the wager remains until the point number or 7 comes out.

• Free Odds for Pass Line and Don't Pass

For Pass Line and Don't Pass bets, you can place subsequent wagers when the thrower makes subsequent rolls. For this purpose, place once again on appropriate field; the wager becomes lower than the first one. See the table below for the subsequent wager behavior details.

• Free Odds for Come and Don't Come

The same as for Free Odds for Pass Line and Don't Pass bets, you can place subsequent bets.

• Field bets

In this case you wager on 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12 coming out with the next roll. If 2 or 12 comes out with the next roll, the gain is paid out 2:1, if 3, 4, 9, 10 or 11 comes out, the gain is paid out 1:1. If other numbers come out (5, 6, 7 or 8) the bet loses.

• Big 6 and Big 8

Here you bet on 6 or 8 coming out before 7.

• Place bets

Here you place your bet on the field on top of the table, opposite each number. You wager on the number coming sooner than 7. This kind of wagers does not participate in the first wager. If you succeed, you are paid out one gain, and the wager remains on the field.

• Buy wagers

You place your bet right on the field of the number you want, on the top of the table. This kind of bets is similar to the previous one. You wager on a number coming out sooner than 7. Your wager is marked "B", so that the bet is separated from the Come bet. The particularity of the wager is a 5% bank commission withdrawn from your account. If you remove the wager from the table, the commission is also returned. Besides, the bet only plays when there is the point number determined, i.e. subsequent rolls are made. In the initial roll, this kind of bets is not considered and is marked "OFF".

• Lay bets

This wager is contrary to the Buy wagers. You bet on 7 coming out sooner than your number. If your number comes out, you lose. bets are placed on the most top fields of the table, opposite the number you choose. The bet is marked "L", so that it would be respective from Don't Come bets. The bank takes a commission of 5% of the wager amount. Besides, this kind of bets always plays, both in first and subsequent rolls.

• Hardways

You wager on couples coming out: 2 and 2; 3 and 3; 4 and 4; 5 and 5. For example: you bet on 2 and 2. If 2 and 2 come out, the wager wins. It is called a hardway win. If 1 and 3, or 7 in total, come out, the wager loses. In other cases the game continues. The wagers play until your couple (or another combination with of same total amount) or 7 comes out.

• One roll bets

These kinds of wagers play on one roll. If the next roll gives the number you chose on the bet field, you succeed, otherwise you lose.

Any seven: You bet on the next roll having 7 in total.
wagers on 2, 3, 11, 12 - here you bet on the next roll giving you the number you expect. To bet on all the four bets, place the Horn wager. Your wager amount must be evenly even.
Any Craps: You wager on the next roll bringing 2, 3 or 12.

bet Information

* - for numbers 4 or 10
** - for numbers 5 or 9
*** - for numbers 6 or 8

wager Information

Minimum bet is   1 in total.
For most games, maximum bet is   100, except the following:

wager Maximum wager limit,    Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 11, Horn 12 25 Any Craps 50 Hardway 4, Hardway 6, Hardway 8, Hardway 10 50

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