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If you walk through any major casino, you will immediately notice a table that is much louder and crazier than the rest. People are screaming, high-fiving strangers, and cheering as the dice bounce down the green felt. This loud, complex game is called Craps. To a complete beginner, the craps table looks like an impossible mathematical nightmare. There are dozens of different betting sections, complex jargon being yelled by the dealers. Yet, this is completely false. Despite its terrifying visual appearance, craps is fundamentally one of the easiest, and most mathematically player-friendly games in Vegas. If you just learn the basics, you can play craps like a seasoned professional.

The Core Mechanic: The Foundation of Craps

The only logical way to start playing this game is to look away from the center of the board. All those fancy boxes and strange words are mathematically terrible "sucker bets" with massive house edges. You only need to look at the long line that wraps around the entire edge of the table: the Pass Line bet. Betting on this line is the foundation of craps. When a new round begins, the person rolling the dice (the "Shooter") makes the Come-Out Roll. If you bet the Pass Line, you get paid 1:1 immediately on a 7 or 11. You instantly lose your bet on a 2, 3, or 12. It is truly that simple: Win on 7/11, lose on craps.

Establishing the Point: What Happens on a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10?

But what happens if the Come-Out roll is not a winner or a loser? If the result is a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10, the Point is established. The dealer takes a white puck and flip it to the "ON" side on top of that number. The rules of the game now completely change. To secure a win, the shooter must roll the dice again and again until they roll the Point again. If they hit the Point, everybody with a Pass Line bet wins. Here is the danger: if a 7 is rolled before they hit the Point, this is a "Seven Out". All Pass Line bets are swept away, the round completely ends, and the dice are passed to the next player at the table. The entire game of craps is just players cheering trying to avoid the 7.

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• The Best Bet in the Casino: After the Point is set, you can back up your bet. This is the Odds bet and it is literally the only bet in the entire casino that pays true mathematical odds. It is a perfectly fair bet.
  
• Don't Pass Line: You can also bet against the shooter. This means you win if the shooter rolls a 2 or 3 on the come-out, or if the shooter fails. It has a lower house edge, but the other players will hate you since you win when the table loses.
  
• Ignore the Proposition Bets: The 'Hardways' and 'Any Seven' bets (like 'Any Craps', 'Hard 8', or 'Snake Eyes') are sucker bets with huge casino advantages. Never, ever place a chip in the center of the craps table.
  

Simplifying the Math: How the Pass Line Works

To simplify the game, as easy and stress-free as possible, review the simple cheat sheet below. It summarizes the absolute core mechanics of the Pass Line bet: how to play the Pass Line.

Ultimately, craps is actually incredibly simple. The operators create the board to confuse beginners so casual gamblers will guess and lose their money. By simply walking up, sticking to the basic rules, backing it up with maximum True Odds, and ignoring the proposition bets, you are playing a nearly even game game available. Grab the dice, throw them against the back wall, and have the best social gambling experience on the floor.