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Another casino game with a low house edge is Craps. Craps can be intimidating if you're unfamiliar with the game and you're walking up to the table for the first time because you will normally see a flood of people, including the staff, surrounding an oblong table. As you look at the table you will see big numbers, small numbers, words, boxes, and several different sides of the dice on the table. But if you stick to the baics in the beginning, it is not that intimidating as you would think and can't be quite fun and hopefully rewarding. Let's take a closer look at the table. The one long table is actually two tables. Each side is identical to the other except for the middle area where the "props" bets (Props are proposition bets. These are bets you should stay away from.) are located. When you're ready to play, you walk up to the table and stand anywhere there is a rail and room for you. Many times it will be difficult to get into a game when the table is "hot." Let's walk through a scenario to give you a better idea of how this game is played. You walk up to the table and there's room for you right next to the "stickman" (the casino personnel with the stick that is fetching and passing the dice). The "stickman" has the dice so you throw down a few $20's (if you have chips you don't have to get change and can use those chips) in front of you (make sure it's on the felt and close enough to the dealer (the person that will be collecting the money, giving you chips, and also taking and paying off your bets as appropriate). He will give you chips for money and when everyone is ready, the "stickman" will push around 6 dice in front of a person (the person with the dice is called the shooter). The shooter rotates clockwise after the previous shooter seven's out (rolls a seven after a point is made). The shooter will pick up two of the dice and we're ready to begin. Lets start off with a scenario. Let's assume you walk to a table and the last shooter just "sevened out" and the stickman is pushing a bunch of dice to another shooter (the person that will be rolling the dice). This is the beginning of a new game and shooter. You will see the shooter and others place their money on the Pass Line or Don't Pass Line. The Pass Line and Don't Pass bet comes with a low house edge of 1.4%. Once all the money is down and you've placed $5 on the Pass Line, the shooter will roll the dice (throw it to the opposite end of the table). If a 7 or 11 comes up, then you win even money (if you bet $5, you will win $5). However, if a 2, 3 or 12 is rolled you will lose your bet. If any other number is rolled, then that number becomes the "point." The "point" is the number the shooter is trying to make before rolling a 7. However, If you put your $5 on the Don't Pass line, then you are hoping for the opposite (for the shooter to roll the 7 before the 6 because you are betting with the "house" and against the shooter and other that are betting the Pass Line). Note: If you're playing craps at the Cal or Main Street and you plan to bet the Don't Pass line, expect to get a few glares from the players. This first roll is called the "come out" roll. The "come out" roll is the start of a new game and not necessarily a new shooter. You can always tell if it's a "come out" roll or not by looking at the puck (it's black on one side and white on the other with the words "OFF" or "ON"). If it says "OFF" then it's a "come out" roll and if it's says "ON" then the number below the puck is the point. Assuming that the shooter rolled a 6, that number is your "point." Once the point is established, you are able to make an odds bet. What this means is that you can make an optional bet of the same amount of your Pass Line bet up to the maximum odds bet (some places go up to 100x odds, read before you play if you're planning to make large odds bets). Let's say you just want 2x odds, so you will place $10 (remember that your original Pass Line bet was $5) behind your Pass Line bet (and not in the Pass Line area). If on the next roll the shooter rolls a 6, then you will win $5 for your Pass Line bet and the dealer will place another $12 next to your odds bet. The reason you get only $5 back when you bet $5 on your Pass Line and $6 back when you bet $5 on the odds bet (you bet $10 and received $12) is because the odds bet doesn't come with any house edge unlike your Pass Line bet. Payout Table:
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