How to Play Craps

This is the very basics to need to know if you want to learn how to play craps. We will cover other subjects on seperate pages. You can browse through the menu on the right to get answers to your other questions.

Craps is a roll of two dice on an area called the craps pit. The basic idea behind craps is to establish a "point" number and roll that number again before rolling a 7 (craps). Only the numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be a point number and all other rolls on the dice have special meanings depending on when they are rolled (before or after a point is established).

The payoffs in craps are made based on the result on the two dice when they come to a standstill.

Your first roll of the dice is called your “come out” roll. This begins a new series of rolls for you as a shooter. If there are more players at the table every player would get a chance to roll the dice in their own series of rolls.

In most online casinos it would be you and the banker playing craps. However if you play at a land based casino you will more than likely have other players sharing the table with you. Each next player gets a chance to do his or her come out roll if the previous player failed to make a winning roll.

Before you do your come out roll, you can either bet on yourself or against yourself. This sounds silly, but is the option offered to you. In a land-based casino you can therefore take part in the play of another player without rolling the dice yourself. When you play at an online casino however it is only you and the dealer.

Now you should have a basic idea of how to play craps. If you are relatively new to the game, remember to run through the other pages we have on craps. The most important ones you need to know about are:
craps table (the layout of a craps table)
craps game (all of the different bets you can place in a craps game... and there are loads)

This should give you the best idea of how to play craps. We do however highly recommend that you try it at one of the casinos, and you can do it for free at first while figuring out the game. As with anything, learning how to play craps works best in practice.