Craps is considered to be one of the most exciting casino games, mainly due to the fast game execution. One or more players can win on just a single dice roll, and can also lose in that instant. It all depends on how lucky they are. Another thing that adds to the excitement of craps is the numerous ways on how to bet your money.
Craps and online casino craps is played by rolling a dice. By the way, for those who don't have an idea about it, a die (singular of dice) is a cube shaped object (often made of wood or plastic) with dots engraved on all 6 sides: each side represents the numbers 1 to 6 by the count of dots, ie, one dot represents number 1, two dots is 2, etc. When the dice are rolled, the numbers on the sides of the two dice which are facing top are added and termed as the dice outcome. The shooter of the dice can either win or lose depending on the following situations:
- Natural: If the shooter rolls the dice and the first dice outcome, which is called the come out roll, is a number 7 or 11, then he wins the game.
- Craps: If the come out roll is either 2, 3, or 12, then the shooter loses, but still rolls the dice.
- Point: If any number other than the already mentioned is the come out roll, then a point is established, and the shooter must roll the same number before a number 7 in order to win.
- 7-out: If a point is established and number 7 is rolled first before the point number is rolled
Depending on the dice outcomes, casinos offer a very wide variety of betting rules where players can place their bets. Craps on every online casino also provides online gamers with more or less the same number of craps betting variants. The shooter of the dice is mainly the center of attraction in playing craps. Players can place their bet on two main betting categories: line bets and side bets.
Line bets
Line bets are the most fundamental and basic bets in the game. This type of bet is resolved with reference to the winning or losing situation of the dice shooter.
- Pass Line bet is the bet made by the players where they root on the dice shooter. If the dice shooter wins, then the pass line bet also wins. The bet loses on Craps and 7-out, together with the shooter.
- Don't Pass Line bet is the opposite: if the shooter lose either on Craps (except number12) or 7-out, then the Don't Pass Line bet win. If the shooter's come out roll is 12, then it is considered as draw. The bet loses on Natural and if the shooter obtains the point number first before a 7.
- Come bet is made after a point is established, and it applies the same rules as the Pass Line bet. However, if the shooter rolled a 7 upon placing the Come bet, then the come bet wins, but the shooter loses, together with the Pass Line and Come bets made before it.
- Don't Come bet is the opposite of Come bet, and applies the same rules as the Don't Pass Line Bet.
- Odds bets are bets made to reinforce the Pass Line and Don't Pass Line bets, as well as the Come and Don't Come bets.
Side Bets
Side bets, also called Proposition bets, are bets on craps that are based on the outcomes of the dice rolls. There are three types of side bets, namely, the Single-roll bets, Multi-roll bets, and the Player bet.
Single-roll bets are those that are resolved on a single dice roll.
- Aces or Snake Eyes - bet that number 2 will be rolled
- Boxcars, Cornrows, or Midnight - bet for number 12
- Ace-Deuce - bet for number 3
- Yo - bet for number 11
- Hi-Lo - bet that either number 2 or 12 will be rolled
- Any Craps or Three-Way - bet for either 2, 3, or 12
- Any Seven - bet for number 7
- C & E - combined bet for both Any Craps and Yo (11), where only one of the two bets may win
- Field bet - bet where the player wins on either 3, 4, 9, 10, or 11, and wins double on 2 and 12, but loses if the dice outcome is either 5, 6, 7, or 8
- Horn bet - a bet for each of the numbers 2, 3, 11, and 12 at the same time, which results to four separate bets where only one of the bets may win
- Whirl bet or World bet - the Horn bet + Any Seven bet, resulting to a five-unit bet for each of the numbers of the Horn and the number 7. If number 7 wins, it is a draw or push, because the bets lost on the Horn is won in the number 7.
- On the Hop - bet on any resulting combination of the come out roll, such as 3-5, 4-2, 3-3, etc. A player can choose whether to bet on double numbers (2-2, 3-3, etc.) or different numbers (3-5, 2-3, etc.)
Multi-roll bets are bets that are resolved by one or more dice rolls.
- Place bet - a bet on any of the point numbers (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10) to be rolled before a 7
- Buy bet - a bet similar to the Place bet, butwith better payouts for a 5% commision charge if it wins
- Lay bet - a bet on any of the point numbers (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10), in which it wins if number 7 is rolled first before the number, and is charged a 5% commision
- Big 6 - a bet on number 6 to be rolled before 7
- Big 8 - a bet on number 8 to be rolled before 7
- Hard Way - a bet on one of the numbers 4, 6, 8, or 10 to be rolled, with the dice showing similar numbers, before the number 7
- Easy Way - bet for one of the numbers 4, 6, 8, or 10 to be rolled, with the dice showing different numbers, before number 7
A Player bet is a bet placed on the dice shooters. The Fire bet is one type of player bet, where the players can bet on one or more point numbers to be obtained and won by the shooter in more than three times in a row.
It is essential to know where to put your bets if you want to enjoy and win on both offline and online casino craps. On the mentioned craps betting rules, the best way for you to play longer is to bet on the Pass Line and Come bets, and frequently reinforcing with odds bet, for they offer the best winning situations. Even though Don't Pass Line and Don't Come bets have a higher chance of winning compared to the former, most experienced players avoid these bets because they don't like to be in contrast of the dice shooter.
Most of the time, proposition bets are considered to be bad bets because of the very high advantages of the house in taking your money. The payouts offered are very large in some, but there are only small chances of winning. Big 6 and Big 8 are avoided by experienced craps players, because these bets can be paid better in Place 6 and Place 8 bets in similar winning odds.
Craps is a vary fast game. Playing on online casino craps is very much faster, compared to brick and mortar casino craps, because everything is programmed: the dice can produce faster results and the bets are processed instantly. Online craps is best suited for those players who want to win and lose money fast.
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Craps is once of the most interesting games and the demanding as well. You can't win craps without a well caliber approach.
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