Fun and (Table) Games: Try Craps
You may have been drawn to craps by the roar of solid citizens caught up in the action, then found it too intimidating to try. Fear not. The game is little more than betting on how a pair of dice will land. And, on any toss, your wager may win, lose, or be unaffected by the result...
Craps Gold
What do the following sayings have in common?
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
"Better late than never."
"High fences make good neighbors."
"Always play the Pass/Come and take full odds."...
Craps A to Z
If you are a craps expert, you should know all the craps odds, and how much every bet pays off. You should know the difference between the place, buy and come odds, all the prop and hardway odds, and exactly how much to place behind a passline bet at a 2X, 5X or 10X odds casino. If you know all this you really are an expert...
- Are You Trendy?
Craps players love to discover, uncover, capitalize and ride trends at the craps tables.
The thinking goes that if several people have sevened-out just after establishing the point, then the table is cold and most likely it will continue to stay cold for a while. If a shooter has hit several nines in a row before sevening out, then the next shooter, if he should hit a nine, is more likely to hit another nine than, say, a five, which has the same probability of hitting as does a nine...
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A Craps Bull Session
"I've won a lot of money playing craps," a friend was telling me as he set off for Hollywood Casino in Aurora, Illinois. "Lost a lot, too." That's normal, I told him. If the shooter makes a lot of points in a row, most of the table is likely to win big. If he doesn't, well, the money goes faster at the craps table than anywhere else in the house...
