What is Craps?
Posted on July 8, 2008
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Craps is one of the most exciting casino games. If you always wanted to learn to play craps but thought it was too complicated, here is a simple guide to basic craps games.
Short history
Craps is a dice game played against other players or a bank. Craps developed from a simplification of the Old English game hazard. Its origins are complex and may date to the Crusades, later being influenced by French gamblers. What was to become the modern American version of the game was brought to New Orleans by Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville, scion of wealthy Louisiana landowners and a gambler and politician. The game, first known as crapaud (a French word meaning “toad”) reportedly owes its modern popularity from its being spread through the African-American community.
How to play
Craps has a reputation of a complicated game. Actually, craps is one of the easiest casino games. In craps, players may wager money against each other (street craps) or the bank (bank craps) on the outcome of one roll, or of a series of rolls of two dice. Because it requires very little equipment, craps can easily be played in less formal settings, and is said to be popular among soldiers. In such situations side bets are more frequent, with one or several participants covering or “fading” bets against the dice.
Since there are about 40 different betting options, the game seem a little intimidating at first sight. For craps beginners it is recommended to ignore the different betting options and to focus on the basic passline bet.
Passline Bet
The passline bet is the most common craps bet and it is used by all of the players. The player places a passline bet before the come out roll, which is when the new shooter starts his roll. If the shooter rolling result is 7 or 11, the player wins. If it is 2, 3, or twelve, he loses. If the result is any other number, the number becomes the point number. The shooter has to roll again that number before 7 is rolled in order to win the passline bet. In case the 7 is rolled before the point number, the player loses.
After the point number is determined, the player can make another bet, which is know as the odds bet. The odds bet is the only bet in the casino paid by its true odds.
Learning the basic passline bet in the craps table enables you to start playing craps. After you have practiced your craps playing skill, you can move on and learn the other craps betting types.
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