Craps is a complicated card game due to the many different ways you can place a bet. It is best to learn the rules of the Crap game first. Craps is a game where the craps players take turns throwing the dice. To learn to play Craps quickly, the first throw of the dice is the Come Out Roll. By rolling a 2, 3, 7, 11, or 12, you win Craps on your first throw. When you roll either a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10, you have what is called a Point and you get to roll the dice again.
The Craps table has center area for placing Proposition bets. On the double side areas place your Pass and Don't Pass bets, Come and Don't Come bets, Odds bet, Place bets and Field bets.
Winning/losing plays
Pass Bets / Don't Bets - Rolling a 7 or 11 for your Come Out bet, wins, while 2, 3, or 12 you lose. In subsequent rolls, a 2 or 3 wins and a 7 or 11 loses.
Don't Bets Tie , roll a 12 and you reroll the dice.
Types of bets
Pass Line Bet or Natural Win - roll 7 or 11
Natural Win - roll 7 or 11 to get a Natural Win
Natural Loss or Craps - roll a 2, 3, or 12
Come Bet - make a bet only after you fix the Point on the pass line
Odds on Pass Line Bet - Once you roll a point you can take a further bet
Odds on Come Bet - wager on the Come Bet, as opposed to the Pass Line bet
Don't Come Bet - the reverse situation of an Odds on Come Bet
Place Bets - fix a Point and roll 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10
Field Bets - bet it all on one roll of dice and hope for the winning numbers of 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Big Six, Big Eight Bets - bet that 6 or 8 comes before a 7, 1:1 odds
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