You can bet, implement andaccomplish a few strategies to make the game of craps easier to play for you. Many players and craps pros suggest taking avoidable chances to roll more successfully. This may mean getting off a particular number, or rolling doubles, or getting a dozen or column. These are not revelatory strategies, but can make the game of craps easier to play for you.
Although you can bet for the seven when the dice are “down” at any time, there is noatten your chance of winning when the dice are “up” at the craps table. The reason for this is that as the shooter rolls, the dice move to the opposite end of the table. When you are betting for the seven at the time of a new come-out roll, you have not taken the position that the other players have taken. If you had a perfect 11, and the shooter rolls a six, you lose. However, if you bet for the seven when the dice are moving to the six and seven positions, you will win if the shooter rolls the seven (known as “making the point”). The same applies to the nine and ten.
On the other hand, if you bet for the number 11 when the dice are in the number three position, you will win if the shooter rolls the number three (known as making the 12 point). The conceal bet in craps is similar to the hardway bet in blackjack. The don’t pass work is the same as the don’t come bet in blackjack, but with one important difference. After you roll a number, you bet that number for or against (i.e., “crapping” the number). You can also bet that the dice will be stopped on a certain number before rolling a seven. To understand the bet, you have to understand the terminology that is used in Craps.
The come-out roll is when the shooter rolls the dice and five-number combination are revealed. What you want to remember is that the combinations reveal three things. The first is the number that the dice will “show” (the dice usually start at this point). The second is the type of number (i.e., whether it is a one or two-number combination). The third thing revealed by the come-out roll is the point. The point is actually a place where the dice can show seven (for a total of thirty-six numbers, six are on the come-out roll, the other six will be on the come-out of every roll of the dice). If the shooter rolls the seven before rolling the point, the shooter wins. On the contrary, if the shooter rolls the point before rolling a seven, the shooter loses. It is the constant game of craps. Each time the dice are rolled, the probabilities of the outcome of the roll are summed up. The most commonly rolled numbers are: 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. What this means is that, if you bet on the number 5, you stand a chance of winning fifty-two times (5 divided by 6, equals 52). The next highest number is 6 and the lowest is 11. So, if you wage on the number 7 and the shooter rolls a 6, you will lose fifty dollars and, by default, a 35-dollar bet. If the shooter rolls a 5 before rolling a 7, you will win fifteen dollars. The casino determines what the winning bet is by the amount it thinks the dice will be rolled. The number of possible combinations in craps is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
By the way, if you bet on the number 7 and the shooter rolls a 6 before rolling a 7, you will lose the seven and the five bets you made on the number 7, as well as the eleven bet you made on the number 6. Repeating this same process, you will lose a total of seventeen dollars. If the shooter rolls a 7 before rolling any of the numbers between 6 and 11, you will lose everything except your dollar bet on the eleven. In this case, regardless of whether the shooter rolls a 7 or 12, you will lose the seven bet.
If the shooter rolls a 12, you will win fifteen dollars and lose fifteen dollars (reverses are less, so you only lose twice). The process for betting continues. You add to your bet when a 7 is rolled and remove it when a 12 is rolled. The reason it is fifteen dollars when you start betting is that the payoff for a twelve-roll bet (for the five and six) is fifteen dollars. Remember, reverse bets pay even money.