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If you walk through any major casino, you can always hear one specific table that is significantly louder and more energetic than any other game in the building. Players are yelling and celebrating as the dice bounce down the green felt. This chaotic scene is known as Craps. To an absolute novice, the game seems terrifyingly complicated. There are dozens of different betting sections, and players are throwing chips everywhere. Yet, this is completely false. While it looks complex, craps is fundamentally one of the easiest, and most mathematically player-friendly games on the floor. If you can ignore the noise and learn one single bet, you can play craps like a seasoned professional.
+The Only Bet You Need to Know: How the Game Starts +
The secret to survive the craps table is to completely ignore 95% of the table. All those fancy boxes and strange words are designed to steal your money with massive house edges. You only need to look at the long line wrapping the table: the Pass Line bet. Placing a chip on the Pass Line is the fundamental core of the entire game. When a new shooter gets the dice, the shooter rolls the dice for the first time. If you bet the Pass Line, you instantly win even money on a 7 or 11. You instantly lose your bet if the Come-Out roll is a 2, 3, or 12 (known as "Crapping Out"). The math is that basic: 7 or 11 wins, 2, 3, or 12 loses.
+Establishing the Point: The Goal of the Shooter +
But what about the other numbers? If the shooter rolls any other number a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10, that specific number officially becomes "The Point". The dealer will take a large plastic puck and places it on top of that number. The rules of the game now completely change. To win the money, the shooter must roll the dice again and again until they hit that exact "Point" number a second time. If the Point hits, you win. However, there is a catch: if a 7 is rolled before they hit the Point, this is a "Seven Out". Every single Pass Line bet instantly loses, the round completely ends, and a new shooter takes the dice. The whole table is a group effort hoping the Point hits before the 7.
+ +The Best Bet in the [Casino](https://git.lamby.gay/andreassteffen): Once a Point is established, you can place an 'Odds' bet behind your chips. This is called "Taking Odds," and it is the only wager that pays true mathematical odds. The house has no advantage here. +Betting the Dark Side: You can bet that the table will lose. This means you win if the shooter rolls a 2 or 3 on the come-out, or when the shooter sevens out. It is mathematically slightly better, but the other players will hate you since you win when the table loses. +Ignore the Proposition Bets: The 'Hardways' and 'Any Seven' bets with the huge payouts have astronomical house edges that will drain your cash. Do not touch those bets. + +Craps Basics Cheat Sheet: The Only Rules You Need +
For a quick reference before you play, to guarantee you know what to do, review the simple cheat sheet below. It explains the basic rules of the Pass Line bet: the Pass Line.
+ +Phase of the GameThe NumbersWhat Happens to Your Pass Line Bet +The Start7 or 11You instantly WIN even money. The round resets. +The Start2, 3, or 12You instantly LOSE your bet. The round resets. +Setting the PointThe Point is setThe number becomes the Point. The game moves to the next phase. +Trying to Hit the PointShooter rolls the exact Point number again BEFORE rolling a 7.Table cheers, you win +The GrindShooter rolls a 7 BEFORE hitting the Point number.You LOSE your bet. The round completely ends. Dice pass to next player. + +
To wrap it up, craps is not a game you should be afraid of. The casino purposefully designs the table layout to look like a math puzzle so that amateur players will randomly throw chips on terrible, high-house-edge sucker bets. By stepping up to the table, placing your chips exclusively on the Pass Line, avoiding the middle of the table, and playing smart math, you are playing one of the smartest, most mathematically sound games in the entire casino industry. Roll the dice, and enjoy the absolute most thrilling, high-energy social gambling experience Las Vegas has to offer.
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