Craps

Shooting Craps like they say is definitely as it sounds but has nothing to do with the dirty word that the casino game of Craps may be confused with. Craps came into the playing arena from the time that the Old English popularized the game of Hazard. The origins of the game are ancient and even though there is no concrete evidence, history says that Craps may have been played as far back as the time of the Crusades.

Nobody plays Craps like the Americans do, and it was this country that can claim ownership of the modern day version of Craps. Bernard Xavier Phillipe de Mandeville who was a wealthy landlord and gambler himself brought the game of Craps to New Orleans. Craps is a game that the African-American population of the USA has popularized the most.

Craps is essentially a dice game where two dices are rolled and the players place their bet on the outcome that the rolling of these dices will come up with. Craps is the most simplified of casino games and since it involves very little or no paraphernalia the game is most prominent on the most informal of settings.

The form of the game that is played against the casinos is called the Bank Craps. The rule is for the casino to cover all the player bets at a table and then set the odds on its payout. In the Craps game the players take turns in rolling the dice. If one is curious as to where the phrase “Shooting Craps” comes from- the player who rolls the dice is called the shooter. The other players place wagers on the dice rolls. A Craps shooter is usually the one who has the table minimum on either of the “Pass” or “Don’t Pass” line, the dices are passes clockwise on the Craps table. A player may choose to be a shooter or not. A stickman is assigned to monitor all the action that is engaged in on the table.

A Casino Craps table is made of felt and has the various betting possibilities marked on it. The players then make their bets with chips. Like all casino games Craps too expects that a player that has come to play the game knows what he is getting into and comes to the Craps table with enough experience watching, understanding and playing the game.

Craps game strategists know that there are no concrete rules to turning the outcome of the game from positive to negative. Craps bets are placed using techniques that are peculiar to the game and the players converse in a language that Hebrew to people who have never played Craps. The best part about Craps game is that no matter what odds one pays the odds bet always plays out at odds bet.

Craps is an extremely fast paced game where the pass line, that is also the most essential bet of the game and a good understanding of this bet goes a long way in making a winner or loser out of the Craps player.