If you walk through any massive Las Vegas casino on a busy Saturday night, you will immediately hear the Craps table. People are yelling and cheering. This is the Craps table. The table looks incredibly intimidating. The layout is totally confusing. Beginners avoid it completely. The math is incredible. If you strip away the massive shouting and the confusing terminology, the game is very easy to learn. This article explains the game, how to throw the dice, and the mathematical secrets of the game.
The absolute easiest way to understand Craps is to ignore all the crazy bets. The dice control everything. This player is called the ”Shooter.” There are two parts to the game.
There are a million ways to bet. The truth about the table: The middle of the board is a trap. To beat the house, you only need to understand two very simple, highly specific bets.
| The Smart Play | How It Works |
|---|---|
| Betting With the Shooter | It is the baseline bet of the entire game. |
| The Hidden Bet | This is the absolute greatest bet in the entire casino industry, and it is completely hidden from the player. Once the ”Point” is established, you are allowed to place extra chips directly behind your original Pass Line bet. This is called ”Taking Odds.” The casino literally pays you out at true, perfect mathematical odds for this specific bet. There is absolutely ZERO house edge on the Odds Bet. It is the only perfectly fair bet in Vegas. |
Because Craps is a highly social, massive community game, you have to know the culture. Rookies make these mistakes constantly.
To wrap things up, Craps is a massive, beautiful, incredibly loud contradiction. It seems incredibly difficult, but it is easy and highly profitable. By making the smart bets, playing the true odds, and ignoring the sucker bets, you will instantly reduce the casino’s massive advantage to an absolute microscopic fraction. You will look like a pro, and enjoy the massive thrill of the game.
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