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How To Play Craps

The first question someone will ask you if you ask them how to play craps is this:

Do you want to learn how to play casino craps or how to play street craps?

Knowing how to play street craps is not the same thing as knowing how to play craps in a casino or how to play craps in Las Vegas. Street craps is no longer as popular as casino craps, so if I had to choose one of the two to learn how to play, I'd go with casino craps, although learning how to play both street craps and casino craps is still a worthwhile endeavour.

How to Play Casino Craps

Understand a couple of things about how to play casino craps. First of all, just because you know how to play street craps does not mean you know how to play casino craps. They're two different games with two different sets of rules. Learn how to play in a casino before putting a lot of money on the table. Second, casino craps has a whole list of etiquette rules and procedures that you should understand before you play.

How to Play Craps in a Casino

The easiest way to learn how to play craps in a casino is to take one of the free classes the dealers offer almost every day. One might think that the casino wouldn't have much interest in teaching folks how to play craps, but they do a good job of it. The house edge on the game is good enough that they don't have to rely on faulty instruction to win.

How to Play Craps in Las Vegas

Learning how to play craps in Las Vegas is good enough training that you'll be able to play craps in any casino anywhere in the world. If you can play in Vegas, then:

You know how to play craps in Reno.
You know how to play craps in Atlantic City.
You know how to play craps in Biloxi.
You know how to play craps online

How Do You Play Craps?

How do you play craps?

Very carefully.

How to Play Street Craps

Knowing how to play street craps is an almost completely different skillset from knowing how to play casino craps. Just because you know how to play craps in one of the casino destinations meant above does not mean you're ready to lay down a bunch of money in a streets craps game. In fact, most street craps games are a little shady. I'd suggest being careful.

Learn How to Play Craps

What's the best way to learn how to play craps? Take a casino class on how to play craps.

The best way to learn how to play street craps is to find a friend who knows how to play and have him or her walk you through it.

Hints on How to Play Craps

This page is full of nothing but hints on how to play craps. The biggest hint about how to play craps that we can offer is that you should read the books and maybe watch the videos, but definitely take the classes offered by the casinos.

How to Play Craps for Beginners

The best advice I can give about "how to play craps for beginners" is to suggest sticking with the simplest bets. The more complicated the bet is at a craps table, the worse the expectation is for the game. If you stick with the pass and don't pass line bets, and place odds bets, then you'll be playing one of the lowest-house-edge games in the casino.

How to Play Craps Videos

If you're looking for a video on how to play craps, then you're in luck. Amazon lists at least 40 products in their DVD section that come up with a search for "craps". Buying one of these "how to play craps videos" should be easy enough if you have a credit card, and the prices on some of them are really low, especially on the used how to play craps videos. Here are a few of the titles of how to play craps DVD's that we saw:

Essential Craps: A Guide for Players and Dealers
Fun to Know: Craps Made Simple
Cheating at Craps
Advanced Craps with Bobby Jones
Golden Touch: Beat Craps by Controlling the Dice

You can also find how to play craps videos by doing a search at YouTube or Google Video. I usually just search for "craps", but you could narrow things down even further by searching for "how to play craps" if you wanted to. Or if you're more interested in learning how to win at craps, search for "how to beat craps" or "how to win at craps". Videos on both subjects are available.

How to Play Craps Books

Books about how to play craps are even easier to find than videos about how to play craps. A quick search on Amazon for "craps" in the "books" category brought back 62,000+ results. Even narrowing down the search in books for "how to play craps" brings back 127 books. Some of the how to play craps books available at Amazon include:

Beat the Craps out of the Casinos by Frank Scoblete
Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution: How to Win at Craps Using a Controlled Dice Throw by Frank Scoblete and "Dominator"
The Smarter Bet Guide to Craps by Basil Nestor
Craps for the Clueless by John Patrick

Not all how to play craps books offer accurate information. The best tutorial I ever read on how to play craps was in The Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling, and that book covered a large number of other gambling subjects too.

How to Play Craps and Win

We've written a whole second article about how to play craps and win. Just look for the link on the left about "how to win at craps".

How to Play the Do Not Pass Line in Craps

Learning how to play the do not pass line in craps is easy. Just put the money (chips) on the table where it says "Do Not Pass". Most people don't make this bet because they prefer to root for the shooter, but some gamblers, like Jimmy the Greek, always played the don't pass bet. If you do too, then you'll be what's known as a "wrong bettor".

Directions for How to Play Craps

Eventually this page will include specific directions for how to play craps. I haven't finished writing the instructions for how to play craps that's going to be live on this page yet, but it should be finished within another day or so.

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