Craps 101: Betting Strategies and Winning Techniques

Craps was made famous in the movie and stage production of Guys and Dolls, and Diamonds Are Forever, one of the great Bond movies. The origins of Craps date way back to Medieval times in England through the game of Hazard, but it was only in the late 19th Century that the game came to America and became popular with African Americans. Craps is a game of dice played with two dice. The simple version is that players are betting on the outcome of the dice roll. The complex version includes many more dice configurations and stages. The person throwing the dice is called the shooter, and an initial throw is called the come-out roll. The come-out roll has one of three possible outcomes. Natural is seven or eleven, and the shooter can roll again. Craps is a value of two, three, or twelve, and the player loses his bet but can roll again to establish the point. The point is four, five, six, eight, nine, or ten with the initial throw, which sets the point. The shooter will roll again, and a matching number wins, but a seven loses the game. The highest craps payout is 30:1 for two craps or 12 payouts. Following this is 15:1 for three craps or eleven, and any craps pay 7:1. A six or eight pays 9:1, and a four or ten pays 7:1 in the second bet. Craps games provide a chart of all the winning odds and combinations that can be won.

How to Place Bets Playing Craps

Craps bets are placed in two stages. The betting felt is marked with different areas for betting. A pass or don't pass bet is a bet before the point is established on whether the roll of the dice will pass the qualifying requirements and become a point. Or the player can place a bet on the Don't Come or Cme sections, which is a bet on a natural, and will lose the bet if a craps is rolled. Once the point has been established, the proposition bets are placed; this is the second bet. A seven is obviously on landing seven and ending the game. A crap is a bet on landing a 2, 3, or 12, which loses the round but gives a big payout. An Ace is a bet on three alone; an Aces bet is the two alone, and a Boxcar is the twelve alone. The Horn bet is on landing a two, three, eleven, or twelve. And a Big Six or Eight is a bet on landing a six or eight before the seven. One of the biggest advantages of playing Craps online or through mobile devices is that the player can take the time to understand the game and get to know the game's different betting options and stages. The betting tip when playing Craps is to bet the minimum on the Pass Dont Pass bet and save the big bet once the point has been established. Thanks to the more accessible online and mobile games, Craps has returned to popularity.