The rules

In this game everything is about what the ‘shooter’ or thrower does. He decides which number will be thrown and thats when other players have to choose there bets. With craps there is a huge list of complex possibilities to place bets. The players have A choice between different places on the table. After all bets are placed, the player throws for the first time (Come Out). With a 7 or 11 he wins -

With craps (2,3 or 12) he looses immidately and in both cases the round ends here. Each other number is called a ‘Point’. The croupier will place a sign above the number on the table that says ‘On’. The thrower can then throw as many times as he likes, unless he throws a 7, until he throws the same number again. In this case, the thrower still wins. If he doesn't throw the ‘point’ but he throws a 7 instead, he looses, and so do all the players who had placed a bet on him. The posibilities in this game are mainly about placing bets. First there is a ‘Pass Line’. Players can only place bets on this before the first throw (Come Out) is finished. The player will think the thrower will win by either throwing a ‘natural’ or a second ‘point’ before he throws a ‘natural’. Next there is also the opposite of this: the ‘Don’t Pass Bar’. Who bets on this, thinks the thrower will throw ‘craps’ the first time, or will not be able to double the ‘point’ before reaching the ‘natural’. Bets are placed mostly on the thrower. Two equal areas are ‘Come’and ‘Dont Come Bar’-area. This was originally for players that join in when the game has already started. However, players can only place bets on an area when the ‘point’ is known. If the shooter throws a 7 or 11, the players who have bet on the ‘Come’-area will win. When the shooter throws ‘craps’, the bets on the ‘Come’-area are lost and the players who have placed bets on ‘Don’t Come Bar’ will win. When the shooter throws a different number, it's called a ‘Come Point’. The bets are moved to the area on top of the table that matches the number that has been thrown.

There is also the ‘Field’-bet. This is a bet that only counts on the next throw. Players can bet on 2,3,4,9,10,11 or 12. There are also the ‘Big 6 and Big 8’-bets. These bets can be changed, moved or removed after each round during the game. Players will bet that a 6 or 8 will be thrown before a 7. And last there is the ‘Hardways’-area. Players that think the shooter will throw the same number twice will place there bets there. These bets can also be changed during the game. In the same area there is also the so-called ‘Any Craps’ and ‘Any Seven’-area. The player who bets here thinks the next shoot is a 7 (‘craps’). However, these are only the basics of Craps, there are dozens of other possibilities for placing bets, possibly only for the experts.

Payout
For most of the ‘easy’ bets – Pass Line, Don’t Pass Bar, Come and Don’t Come Bar – the payout is 1 to 1. With the ‘Field’-area players get paid out 1 to 1 when betting on 3,4,9,10 and 11, while with 2 and 12 it's doubled. That last part is also shown on the table marked as ‘Pays Double’. With the ‘Hardways’-area it's shown how much the bank will pay when you win. The payout rises as the number gets more complicated (double 6 or double 1 will be paid out the most).