Craps - The Game
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In casino
craps, the players place their bets and the casino bank "covers" them. In
addition to covering every player's bet, the casino-banked craps game offers
many other types of proposition bets. These bets, along with the basic "pass"
and "don't pass" bets, will be explained.
There are four people actively
running the game. The boxman, who sits behind the middle of the table, is the
boss. He keeps a constant watch over the game. The two dealers on each side of
him pay off the winners and "rake" in the losers' chips. Each dealer handles all
the players on his side. The table is divided by the center box of proposition
bets and also by the stickman, who stands on the players' side of the
table.
The stickman controls the action of the dice and the pace of the
game. After seeing all bets are down, the stickman pushes a few sets of dice to
the shooter. That players selects a pair of dice and is ready to roll them
across the table so that they hit the wall at the opposite end. If, on the first
roll, you make a 7 or 11, you've rolled a "natural" and you win. What you win is
the equivalent amount of chips you have bet on the pass line.
If you roll
a 2, 3 or 12 on your first throw, that is called "craps" and you lose. The dealer
picks up your pass-line bet. However, the shooter does not relinquish the dice.
He continues to roll until he "sevens out."
If, on the first roll, you
shoot a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, that is your established "box point." The object
then is to keep rolling the dice until you make that number again. You lose,
however, if you roll a seven before making your box point.
Our advice is
to play the line and the come, either pass or don't pass. These are the two best
areas to bet, offering the best possible odds to the player. If you're betting
the pass line, always take you full odds in back of your pass line bet. Some
casinos offer double odds or higher; if so, take advantage of this option. One
last piece of advice: increase your bets on wins, do not double up on
losses.
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