Poll of the Day > how do you even play craps

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why is it called craps

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Whoever takes the biggest crap wins

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Bad bets and bad rolls send your money into the crapper.

Don't gamble.

Craps is one of the best casino games when it comes to house edge. The house advantage on a pass/come bet is 1.41%, and on a don't pass/don't come bet is 1.36%. But many casinos also allow you to add an odds bet on top of your other bets and this pays out with zero house advantage other than that of the original bet.

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Is this game grumps related?

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captpackrat posted...

Craps is one of the best casino games when it comes to house edge. The house advantage on a pass/come bet is 1.41%, and on a don't pass/don't come bet is 1.36%. But many casinos also allow you to add an odds bet on top of your other bets and this pays out with zero house advantage other than that of the original bet.

what

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To win at craps you must roll a 7 or 11 on the first roll, or come-out. If you roll a 2, 3, or 12 on the come-out, you lose. Any other value establishes a point, and you continue to roll until you win by rolling the point again, or lose by rolling a 7.

Pass is a bet that the shooter will win. Don't Pass is a bet that the shooter will lose. Both pay even money. (To maintain a house edge, rolling a 12 on the come-out roll results in a push on a Don't Pass bet, you get your money back and neither win nor lose)

Come and Don't Come bets are similar to Pass and Don't Pass, except they begin from the current roll as if it were a new shooter in a separate game.

If the shooter established a point, you can place a Pass Odds bet, which bets that number will be rolled again before a 7 is rolled, or you can place a Don't Pass Odds bet, which bets that a 7 will be rolled first. The payout is 2-to-1 on 4 or 10 as the point, 2-to-3 if 5 or 9 is the point, and 5-to-6 if a 6 or 8 is the point. The house advantage is 0%, but you must place a Pass or Don't Pass bet before you can place an Odds bet and there's usually a limit on how much you can bet.

Come and Don't Come Odds bets work similar to Pass and Don't Pass Odds, except they require a Come or Don't Come bet first.

There are lots of other bets like betting on certain numbers to come up on the next roll or before a 7 is rolled, but most of these have very high house advantages, as much as 16.7% on an Any 7 bet.

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