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Craps Tips and Strategies

Craps is every professional gambler's preference and choice since hundreds and thousands years. Craps are known for their sheer excitement and also for reliance on luck and chance. It's always exciting and fun if you win the game at craps. Here are some simple tips and rules which you could follow.

About the Game

Craps game is very simple. In this there is shooter (player). This shooter throws dice. On the very first throw of dice (this is called "coming out') any of three things could happen.

  1. If the shooter rolls a number 11 or number 7, you will win if you bet on Pass, but lose if you bet on Don't Pass.
  2. If the shooter rolls a number 4, number 5, number 6, number 8, number 9, or number 10, or "makes point". The game would continue till this point is again re-made. The shooter would wins if a "7" throws out.
  3. The shooter rolls a number 2, number 3 or number 12 (are called craps), the shooter would instantly lose.

Betting in Craps

Here are a craps betting guide table so you can see all of the possible bets and what you will be paid for winning that bet:

Main wagers in craps

Craps table betting

Proposition or side betting in craps

There are number of ways to do betting and most of these are obligatory.

You need to place your bet on pass line in-case you are shooter. The bet stay "on" until you roll out with a number 7 or number 11, or many be a number 2, number 3 or number 12. If you consider this point, you would win. If you don't make this point and also roll a number 7, you would lose.

You should also be aware about the house edges for the craps bets and hence you should select the best casino to help you win with these craps.

You can always bet "right" or "wrong". "Right" means with the shooter and "wrong" means against the shooter.

Craps wining is getting all the odd bets in your side or favor.

There are three things which a professional would need in order to win craps. He should be in a position to remain in the game, also should be in a position to increase the bet while winning and third is get all odds on his side and favour.

Craps have very few combinations. Math's for craps is complex but it's simpler than most of the other games.

There is one other bet which brings all the odds. This is a professional bet for all gamblers and is called as "free odds". This bet's main focus is to win on craps

Plan and Bet "Free Odds Bets" And Win Craps:

Once you place your bet on pass line and when a point is further established, you can go ahead and place your bets on odds box. For example, if you bet $60 on pass line and come out, establish a point, and then you can place another $60 on pass line. This backs up pass line bets.

Further you win twice if a point comes and you get all the odds. This is also called as free odds.

Use Crap Strategy and Win

Craps strategy is well known and takes you in the winning mode. If you target to win you need to follow the craps strategy. Also, don't forget gambling is a game of chance and to make this chance a win situation you can follow craps.