To those new to Craps, it can be confusing there are many ways to make a bet. Craps is played in rounds. The first roll is called the Come Out roll and this sometimes decides the game. Winning numbers are 2, 3, 7, 11, or 12. If you roll 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10, the result is called the Point and you can make another roll. You start the round when the previous shooter does not achieve Point or 7.

The payers around a Craps table will throw the dice in turn. If you don't want to throw, you can get a thrower to throw the dice for you and then bet on that result.

The layout of the Craps table has a center area and two side areas, The side areas are  mirror images of each other. You will find these zones in the side areas: Pass and Don't Pass line bets, Come and Don't Come bets, Odds bet, Place bets and Field bets. You will place your Proposition bets in the central area.

Winning/losing plays

Pass Bets - A Come Out roll of 7 or 11 wins. Throwing 2, 3, or 12 loses.

Don't Bets - This is like the Come Out roll, only in reverse situation, where you win with a 2 or 3 and lose with a 7 or 11.

Don't Bets - If you roll 12, you tie. This allows you to make a second and decisive roll.

Types of bets

Pass Line Bet - Roll 7 or 11 and you have a Natural Win. Roll 2, 3, or 12 and you have a Natural Lose or Craps.

Odds on Pass Line Bet - Rolling a Point lets you can place another bet by taking odds. There can be different payoffs for each Point.

Come Bet - This has the same rules as the Pass Line bet. However you can only action the bet once you have fixed the Point on the pass line.

Odds on Come Bet - Treat this the same way as the Odds on Pass Line bet. The difference is that you take odds on the Come Bet and not on the Pass Line bet.

Don't Pass Line Bet - This is the reverse situation to the Pass Line bet. You win Natural Win) when you roll of 7 or 11 first. If you roll 2 or 3, you lose.

Don't Come Bet - This is the opposite of Come Bet (i.e. you win on 2 or 3 and lose on 7 or 11).

Place Bets - You can make this bet once you have fixed the Point. You bet on the dice showing 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10. You can cancel this bet anytime.

Field Bets - Everything depends here on one roll of the dice: 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 are Win and 5, 6, 7 and 8 are Lose.