| How to play craps or shoot dice is rather easy to | | | | at odds. |
| learn and then progress to more sophisticated | | | | These bets can be of two types, all day bets and |
| methods of play. Craps is all about the number seven | | | | single roll bets. All day bets stay up in play until a seven |
| which on a pair of dice is made up of 3-4 or 2-5 or 1-6. | | | | is rolled. A single roll bet either wins or loses on the |
| The shooter or the roller of the dice makes what is | | | | next roll. The better bet unless the player has a strong |
| called the come out roll. If the dice come up seven or | | | | hunch is the all day bet. |
| eleven on that first roll, the shooter and all who bet on | | | | If a player knew nothing about craps except to bet the |
| the pass line will win. It the roll is a 2 or a 3 or a 12, the | | | | pass line and take the max behind the line bet on all |
| pass line bets lose. If the roll comes up any other | | | | points, then they would play better than most craps |
| number that number becomes what is called the point. | | | | players. When a player adds to this betting on the |
| The pass line bet is a winner if the number repeats | | | | come line and placing bets, they have most of the |
| before a seven is rolled. If the dreaded seven comes | | | | reasonable bets covered that the craps table offers |
| up first then the pass line bets all lose. | | | | to a player. |
| The first simple strategy is to take advantage of the | | | | The rule in craps is to push the devil out of a hot table |
| odds offered in a craps game. A player makes their | | | | and parlay bets, take the odds and keep all of the |
| first bet on the pass line and either wins, loses or gets | | | | number bets covered until the table cools down. More |
| a point. If a point number is rolled, the player should | | | | money can be made on a hot craps table faster than |
| take behind the line odds on the point. Each casino has | | | | any other casino game. Players who know how to |
| its own rules as to what they will accept on a behind | | | | play craps make a killing when they find a hot table. |
| the line bet. Just ask the stick man or a dealer what | | | | The secret to recognizing a hot table early is each |
| their limit is and then bet it. If the table gets hot, the dice | | | | shooter holds the dice for a number of passes. Certain |
| will roll many numbers and few untimely sevens. A | | | | shooters hold the dice for much longer than normal |
| really hot table will also roll many hard way numbers | | | | and throw many numbers in a row before making their |
| like four, six, eight and ten. These are called hardways, | | | | point. Hardways become common and all of this is |
| as the dice are pairs of twos, threes, fours or fives. | | | | going on without many sevens being rolled. The lack of |
| A table of dice payoffs is the next thing that a player | | | | sevens is another clue that the table is moving in favor |
| should learn as this is where the money is made when | | | | of the craps players. |
| a dice table gets hot. (these payoff numbers can be | | | | Be alert to these runs of numbers and which shooters |
| obtained on the Internet or on many online casino sites) | | | | seem to be lucky. Then make the bets and watch |
| When a table is showering the players with numbers, | | | | your stack grow as the table goes from warm to hot. |
| the player should be making all of these number bets | | | | |