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Craps rewards knowing the house edge before you sit down. This preview covers the basic rules and table setup; the numbers that actually decide a play unlock with membership.
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Craps is a dice game built around a shooter rolling two dice while other players bet on the outcome, and it's one of the oldest table games still running on modern casino floors. Its lineage is usually traced back to an English dice game called Hazard, refined into something close to the modern version in early-1800s New Orleans before American gaming pioneer John H. Winn reworked the betting layout in the following century into the balanced, symmetrical table most casinos use today.
Every round starts with a come-out roll. Rolling a 7 or 11 on that first throw is an automatic win for a Pass Line bet, while rolling 2, 3, or 12 (collectively called "craps") is an automatic loss for it. Any other number — 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 — becomes "the point," and the shooter keeps rolling until that same number comes up again (a win) or a 7 appears first (a loss).
The Pass Line bet wins with the shooter; the Don't Pass Line bet is its mirror opposite, betting against the shooter making their point. This dual structure — first introduced to fix an exploit in the game's older, less-balanced layout — is what gives craps its reputation as a fair, symmetrical bet compared to many other table games.
Once a point is established, most casinos let players back their Pass or Don't Pass bet with an additional "odds" wager, paid out at the true mathematical odds of that specific point number rather than at a house-favored rate. It's the one bet at the craps table that carries no built-in house edge on its own, which is why odds bets are often described as the best value on the floor.
Craps has a reputation as one of the loudest, most communal games in the casino — a table full of players betting together on a single shooter's roll, with a lot of shouted encouragement when a point hits. That social, high-energy atmosphere is a big part of why it remains a fixture even as quieter electronic table games have spread.
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