How to Play Craps
How craps works: the come-out roll, the pass line and the point, don’t pass, the odds bet with no house edge, and which bets to avoid.
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About this video: How to Play Craps
How to Play Craps takes the busiest-looking table in the casino and boils it down to the few bets that matter.
To start, the video explains the basics: craps is played with two dice, one player called the shooter rolls for the whole table, and every roll is a total from 2 to 12. Seven is the number to watch, because it is the most common roll, with 6 of the 36 combinations.
Next it covers the come-out roll. On the pass line, a 7 or 11 wins straight away, while 2, 3 or 12 is craps and loses. Any other number becomes the point, and the shooter keeps rolling: if the point comes up again before a 7, pass bets win, but a 7 first (a seven-out) means they lose. Don’t pass is the opposite bet. It wins on 2 or 3, pushes on 12, and wins if a 7 arrives before the point.
Then it shows the best value on the table. Once a point is set, you can back your bet with odds, which pay at true odds and so carry no house edge. The pass line itself has a house edge of 1.41%, and don’t pass is a touch lower at 1.36%. By contrast, the one-roll bets in the middle of the table, such as Any 7, carry an edge of 16.67%, so the video suggests skipping them.
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How to play craps. The pass line, the point, and the bets worth making.
Craps is played with two dice. One player, the shooter, rolls for the whole table, and every roll is a total from two to twelve.
Seven is the number to watch. It’s the most common roll, with six ways to make it out of thirty-six.
The first roll is the come-out roll. On the pass line, a seven or eleven wins straight away. Two, three or twelve is craps, and loses. Any other number becomes the point.
Once a point is set, the shooter keeps rolling. If the point comes up again before a seven, pass bets win. If a seven comes first, that’s a seven-out, and they lose.
Don’t pass is the opposite bet. It wins on two or three, pushes on twelve, and wins if a seven arrives before the point.
After a point is set, you can back your bet with odds. Odds pay at true odds, so they carry no house edge at all.
The pass line has a house edge of 1.41 per cent. Don’t pass is a touch lower, at 1.36 per cent.
Skip the one-roll bets in the middle of the table. Bets like any seven carry a house edge of over sixteen per cent.
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