Craps rules and tips

Cramps- a game more of luck than tactics:

Online Craps playing can be made simple or complicated according to your capability to handle the rules and regulations. The result largely depends upon the nature of selected bet. If you are ‘new’ to this interesting online game, don’t gamble with your hard earned money, instead play FREE online version of Craps. Online Craps is a game of ‘luck’ which means that there is very little you can do to alter the outcome but even then Craps playing involves many strategies. To play this game without stresses and to enhance your wining probability, it is must to be well acquainted with rules and regulations of the game as well as those of the selected casino.

There are several kinds of bets, so player can chose according to his personal parameters. It is the ultimate goal of every player to place safest bet and to select the most appropriate house to protect that bet.

Betting rules:

• Pass Line Bets: Craps shooter’s first dice rolling is known as "Come Out Roll." Craps player is announced winner if there appears 7 or 11 but if there comes 2, 3 or 12, player looses the bet, which is also called ‘Craps’. If there appear remaining numbers like 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10, it is called "Point." If shooter makes a Point, he continues rolling the dice till either ‘Point’ number or 7 appears. If ‘Point’ is rolled before 7, Pass Line betters are announced winner but if 7 is rolled before ‘Point’, all Pass Line betters are announced losers. These bets have house edge as low as 1.414%.
  
  
• Place Bets – Rolling 4 or 10 pays off 9:5. The numbers between 10 and 5 are called true odds that have a house edge of 6.66%. Rolling 5 or 9, brings the pay off 7:5. Rolling either eight or six, with odds at 6 to 5 pays off 7:6 that has a house edge of 1.51%.
  
  
• Seven – Most of the casinos usually pay 4:1 on the appearing of seven while true odds are considered between 5 - 1. High house edge of 16.66% makes it poor bet.
  
  
• Eleven – It is almost similar to ‘seven bet’ but casino pays 14:1 though the odds are 17 to 1. This bet also bears high house edge.
  
  
• Buy Bets – Under this option, player pays 5% to get odds on all the numbers but the bets placed on four or ten are more profitable because these reduce house edge from 6.66% to 4.76%.
  
  
• Hard Ways Bets – These bets are made on four, six, eight and ten and pay 9:1 on the appearance of 6 or 8 and seven to one. True odds are four and ten. Under this betting system, house edge becomes considerably high as 9.09% and 11.11% respectively.
  
  
• Come Bets and Don’t Come – These ‘even money’ bets have 1.414% and 1.402% house edge.
  
  
• The Field – This is one-roll bet with payoffs like 2:1 with odds 2 or 12. The house edge is 5.55%.
  
  
• Big 6 & 8 – Under this kind of bet player receives money despite true odds between 6 and 5. The house edge is 9.09%.
  
  

Some important tips:

If you play with Pass Line or Come bet, you get the advantage of lowest house edge. Some casinos conducting online Craps offer up to the double pass line bets so always search for this option.

It is always good to form a tested craps strategy using your best and updated knowledge about the offered bets on the table. Perfect knowledge about the offered bets is essential because in Craps there are very few bets that offer low house edge.

It is good to play with pass line bets or come bets supported with free odds option. Placing bets on six or eight is ideal.

Gaining knowledge about hedging the bets before making complicated wagers is always beneficial. But player’s approach for hedge betting considerably decreases volatility of the game and limits the potential of your wins.

It may be good to increase the bets if you are winning but it can't be justified to chase the losses.

Online craps offers lowest house edge in comparison to other online casino games. By applying the right strategies at the right time, you can further lower house advantage even less than half percent.

While playing Craps, high mathematical skill is not much needed but before beginning craps you should be well familiar with ‘specific terms’ to be used in the selected casino.


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