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Craps is a difficult and complicated game and to get to the essence and learn to win in Craps, you have to learn the basic of the games. It includes learning Craps glossary, which includes a lot of various terms. Below if the craps dictionary and we are going to add new terms regularly, so make sure to check this page for new info.

Craps – casino table game in which you wager money on the outcome of the roll.

The Horn – this type of craps bet presupposes that you bet 1 unit on 2,3,11 and 12 at the same time.

Whirl or World –a combination of the horn craps bet and any seven bet.

The shooter – the player who throws the dice in this round.

Rolling – the action of throwing the dice in Craps. There are special rolling rules to prevent cheating.

“come-out” – the first part of the craps round

“point” – the number the shooter has to roll before 7.

Dealer’s button – the button used to show the stage of the game. You can join the game in the first round only. In the come-out round the dealer’s button is turned “off” and you can’t join the game.

Boxman – the person who guard the chips

Base dealers – the employees who stand at both sides of the boxmen and pay out and collect the chips.

Stickman – the employee standing in front of the boxman (on the opposite side of the table), he announces the results of the rounds, collects bets from the center of the table and collects the dice.

Fire bet. This bet is placed before the first shooter throws the ball. The size of the bet is only one dollar, but the payout can be really amazing, as the 4^th point pays at 24-to-1, the 5^th – at 249-to-1 and the 6th – at 999-to-1.

Line bets. Line bets include these types of bets:

• Pass line bet. This is the bet a player makes to win their point number.
• Don’t pass line bet. The bet on the probability that the shooter won’t win their point number. You lose if the come-out roll is 7 or 11 and win if the come-out roll is 2 or 3.
• Come bet. It’s played in 2 rounds and is similar to the pass line bet, as you bet on the number the shooter will get in the next round.
• Don’t come bet. I don’t have to say that don’t come bet is played in 2 round too. You win if the outcome of the roll is 2 or 3 and lose if it’s 7.
• Pass odds
• And you are right – don’t pass odds.

The detailed information about all the types of bets you can find in the glossary of our site, which will have a full set of Craps terms.

One of the most interesting types of Craps bets is multiple bets. They presuppose that you bet not only on one throw, but you may have to wait for some time before the necessary point comes put. In this types of bets you can buy points. Such a bet is called place-and-buy bet.  It pays out a bit worse that other types of Craps bets.

As you know, dice games were the first gambling games in the history of the humankind, as the people used stones, bones and other primitive things to throw and made bets on the outcome of the throw. Nowadays table dice games gain former popularity in many countries of the world, and there appeared a lot of variants of dice games for children and grown-ups. I can see that the interest in dice games is growing from month to month and they have a great potential for development.

Another important sphere which faces rapid development now is online casinos, which allow you play casino games without having to go anywhere. I decided to combine these positive trends in the development of the gambling games and first posts of this site will be about a casino dice game – Craps. The themes of the next posts will depend on your letters and questions. I have been playing at casinos since I was 25 and for some period of time this occupation made my living, so I think I have a lot to tell you.

Craps is a casino game, in which you make bets on the outcome of the dice. There are several variants of this casino game, but the traditional ones enjoy the highest popularity. In Craps you can play either against other players or against the casino. The origins of the game go down to first French gamblers and the initial variant of this game was known even in prehistoric times. It’s a table game, as it requires the space to place your bets and to throw the ball.

If you are going to play against the casino, you have to keep in mind the following things. Each casino sets its own payouts for different bets, so study the rules of the casino you are going to play at to know what winning you may count on. The person who is throwing the dice is called “the shooter” and the players throw the dice in turns.

The standard layout of Craps is:

You can wager on different outcomes of the dice. The most common types of bets in Craps are: line bets, single roll bets, multi-roll bets and fire bets. I’ll describe all the types of Craps bets in detail in my next post. Craps is a rather difficult casino table games, as this no correlation between the dice rolls, so it’s absolutely impossible to work out a universal Craps strategy.