How To Play Craps

Craps is a dice game and is said to date back to the Romans but has been made famous in the Casinos of Las Vegas.

The objective of the Game

The craps table is usually the most exciting table in the house, with players taking an active role in the game and adding to the atmosphere by cheering and commenting on the game. "Snake Eyes!" Craps is a game of chance, and the objective is to predict the outcome of the roll of the dice. The game can seem fairly complex but offers a captivating experience once you have learned the ropes. The game uses two identical dice and is based on how often the total of the two dice is seven and how the other numbers compare with it.

How to Play

The game may seem complicated at first, but it's possible to start playing by learning just a few of the betting options. It's important to note that the opposite faces of each die always total seven (for example, one is always opposite six, two is opposite five, and so on). Since each die has six numbers, a pair of dice can produce 36 different combinations. Craps is based on the frequency of these different combinations.

Below are all the different combinations:

Two Die total	Combinations	No. Combinations
2	1+1	1
3	2+1, 1+2	2
4	3+1, 2+2, 1+3	3
5	4+1, 3+2, 2+3, 1+4	4
6	5+1, 4+2, 3+3, 2+4, 1+5	5
7	6+1, 5+2, 4+3, 3+4, 2+5, 1+6	6
8	6+2, 5+3, 4+4, 3+5, 2+6	5
9	6+3, 5+4, 4+5, 3+6	4
10	6+4, 5+5, 4+6	3
11	6+5, 5+6	2
12	6+6	1
Total		36

The most common two die total is 7 with six different combinations.

Some of the terminology used in Craps:

• Naturals - The total of the two dice adds up to 7 or 11
• Craps
  - The total of the two dice adds up to 2, 3, or 12
• Point - The
  total of the two dice adds up to 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10
• Snake Eyes
  - 1's rolled on both dice
• The Shooter - you, the player
• Come
  out roll - The first roll of the dice

To get started we can look at the most popular (and profitable) bet on the Craps table: the pass line wager.