And know let’s a little bit about casino game called craps.
Craps is now enjoying the great popularity. The complicated layout, the big number of wager variants and the noisy crowd that usually gathers around the craps table can seem however frightening for many novices. Nevertheless, more money is presently involved in this game than in any casino game all over the world.
Numerous gamblers like the lively crowd usually surrounding the craps table in the casino guide. It is amazing how many superstitions and etiquette rules exist in craps. Therefore it is necessary first to learn craps etiquette and only then start playing, because you may make everyone extremely angry if you pronounce by chance the word ‘seven.’ The huge number of etiquette rules and superstitions may result from the fact that craps is one of the oldest casino games ever existing; craps is in fact the most ancient recorded mention of a gambling game with the use of dice.
Craps offers better odds than all the other casino games. Skillful gamblers can even obtain an arithmetical advantage over the casino.
The evidently complicated table layout and a big number of wager options may be frightening for beginners. Fortunately, the table layout and betting options only seem difficult but they are not in fact. In its essentials, craps is round game. Each game has only two rounds. The first one is referred to as the Come Out round, the second one – as the Point round.
The most difficult problem for craps starters is not to remember the rules, but the terms widely used in the game. What intimidates the player who finally overcome his fear and approached the noisy, rowdy craps table is the language the gamblers are speaking: it seems to be a foreign one due to the plenty of strange words. That’s why it is indispensable to study both rules and ‘craps slang’, this way you will have a chance to understand and speak the craps language.
Though craps has two differing rounds, just one basic wager is available. The main aim in the Come Out round is for the shooter – the one who throws the dice – to roll a 7 or an 11. Getting these numbers, he automatically becomes a winner of the first round. If the shooter rolls a 2, 3, or a 12, he automatically loses. The numbers 2, 3, and 12 are referred to as craps. The occurrence of other number – 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 – will make the game proceed to the second round – the Point.