Craps Rules and Tutorial
Craps can be an intimidating game for the beginner. Yower Casino guide will help you through the clouds and onto the felt. There is one fundamental bet, the "pass line" bet, that almost all players make. You can easily get by knowing just this bet your first time. As you get more experienced, you can add more bets to your repertoire. After just your first five minutes, you should feel comfortable with the flow of the game and can start acting natural, like you've been a craps player for years.
Pass Line
The pass line is the most fundamental bet in craps; almost every player at the table bets on it. If you only understand one bet in craps, it should be this one.
The pass line bet is put on the the pass line itself on a come out roll. You can tell it is a come out roll if there is a black laminated marker on the table that says "off." If the come out roll is a 7 or 11, then you win even money. If the come out roll is a 2, 3, or 12, then you lose. If any other total is rolled (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10) that total is called "the point." The dealer will turn over the marker that says "off" to the white "on" side, and place it on an area of the table with that number, to help the players remember what the point is. Then, the shooter will roll the dice until he either rolls that same point again, or a seven. If a seven comes before the point, then you lose. If the point is rolled first, then you win even money.
Taking the Odds
The odds are simply an additional wager that the point will be rolled before a 7. Because seven is the most likely total roll, you win more than even money when you win. Specifically, if the point is a 6 or 8 the odds pay 6 to 5, if the point is a 5 or 9 the odds pay 3 to 2, and if the point is a 4 or 10 the odds pay 2 to 1. These are exactly statistically fair payouts.
To make an odds bet after a pass line bet just put the odds bet behind the pass line bet, outside of the pass line area on the side closer to you.
Dont Pass
The don't pass is almost the opposite of the pass line bet. If the come out roll is a 2 or 3 then you win, a 7 or 11 you lose. A 12 is a push, except in Reno and Lake Tahoe, where a 2 is a push instead of the 12. Otherwise, the dice are rolled over and over until either the point or a 7 is rolled. If the 7 comes first you win, if the point come first you lose. All wins pay even money. A person betting on the don't pass is called a "wrong" bettor and is usually winning when everone else is losing, and vise versa. Laying the Odds This is the opposite of taking odds, in other words betting that a 7 will be rolled before the point. The odds bet should be put next to the don't pass bet. If the point is a 4 or 10 laying the odds pays 1 to 2. Come It is like the pass line bet, but may be made at any time. Like the pass line bet, you may also put money on the odds if a point is thrown on the first roll after the come bet is placed. If a point is thrown and there are still active come bets on the table, waiting for a different point, then special rules apply for the following come out roll. The come out roll will still apply to active come bets, but it will not apply to their respective odds bets. If a 7 is rolled on a come out roll, odds bets on top of come bets will be returned. The player may ask to keep the odds turned on. Don't Come The don't come bet is like the don't pass bet, but is made on a non-come out roll. Place Bets In craps the 4,5,6,8,9, and 10 are known as the "place numbers." The player may bet on any of these numbers, and if it is rolled before a seven, the bet wins. Place bets are just like odds bets, except no pass line bet is required, and they pay worse odds. Buy Bets Buy bets are essentially the same as the place bet, only with a different payoff. The player may "buy" any of the points (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10), which means to bet that the number will be rolled before a 7. When making a buy bet you must pay a commission and your bet will pay fair odds if it wins. Fair odds are 2-1 on the 4 and 10, 3-2 on the 5 and 9, and 6-5 on the 6 and 8.
If the point is a 5 or 9 laying the odds pays 2 to 3.
if the point is a 6 or 8 laying the odds pays 5 to 6.
Big 6 and 8
The Big 6 and 8 are exactly like the place bets on 6 and 8, respectively, except pay only even money.
Hard Ways
There are four different hard way bets. For example, a hard 4 bet is betting that a pair of 2's will be rolled before a 7 or before any other way to roll a total of 4. This is called "the hard way" because it is harder to roll two 2's than a one and a three. Likewise, you can bet on a hard 6, 8, or 10, each of which is a bet that the hard way of rolling the given number will occur before a 7 or any "easy" way.
Lay Bets
A lay bet is a wager than a seven will be rolled before the number you are betting against (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10). Because the 7 is the most likely number to be rolled you will wager more than you can win. The player must usually pay a commission on the possible winnings, otherwise fair odds are paid on the bet itself.
Field Bet
The field is a one time bet that the next roll will be a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, or 12. All wins pay 1 to 1, except the 2 and 12 pay more. Yower Casino will pay 2 to 1 on the 2, and 3 to 1 on the 12.
