Craps Basic Strategy

Craps is a game of numbers. Many gambling and casino style games are all about the numbers, and craps is one of them.

In the offline casino, craps is played at a table where you will find a crowd usually is going to gather when a player is on a roll, winning and getting the numbers he or she needs to gather up that jackpot! Craps is a game that you can win with each roll, or in a line of successive numbers.

Craps is a highly participating game, meaning you must pay attention, throw the dice, make the bets, and collect your money. It is easy to be caught up in the action when you win. If you have never played craps before, you will find that the game itself is very easy.

Craps is a game of dice. The game is played with two dice.
One each dice, there are the numbers from one to six, the numbers when rolled, can give you up to thirty six different combinations. So how do you win? You win when different combinations of the dice are rolled when you ‘want them’ or in a ‘succession’.

How does the numbers on the dice all add up?

Numbers you want to roll

How you can make that number

Number of ways to get it

6+6

6+5, 5+6

6+4, 4+6, 5+5

6+3, 3+6, 5+4, 4+5

6+2, 2+6, 3+5, 5+3, 4+4

6+1, 1+6, 5+2, 2+5, 4+3, 3+4

5+1, 1+5, 4+2, 2+4, 3+3

4+1, 1+4, 3+2, 2+3

3+1, 1+3, 2+2

2+1, 1+2

1+1

By looking at this chart, you can see how the numbers can be rolled, and what the outcomes are going to be when the dice are rolled.

The numbers 2, 3, 11, and 12 are the numbers that are less often going to come up. When these numbers are rolled, you will not collect the winnings, you lose.

The game itself is based on the numbers that are going to appear most often. If you roll a six or a seven, you are going to win most often, because there are ‘so many’ ways that the numbers six or seven can be rolled.

What are the basic rules of rolling the dice?

When you toss the dice, you are known as the shooter. You want to roll a seven or an eleven on many boards, but check the rules of the casino where you are playing just to make sure.

How do you win?

You win by rolling a seven or an eleven.

How do you lose?

You lose by rolling a two, three, or twelve.

What else can you do when playing craps?

If you roll a four, five, six, eight, nine, or ten you have to roll that exact same number again in order to win, even if it is rolled by making a different combination of numbers.