What is Vegas Craps?

Vegas Craps is a great internet casino game that can be played online for real money. Or you can play Craps just for fun. Craps is easy to learn and easy to play at First Web Internet Casino. Vegas Craps is the Microgaming internet version of the classic casino Craps game.

Rules of How to Play Vegas Craps

The basic idea of Craps is this: two dice are rolled by the "Shooter" and you bet on what you think will happen.
The first phase of the game is the "coming out" phase.
The first roll is the "come out roll". If you bet "Pass" and roll a 7 or an 11, you win. If you bet "Don't Pass" and roll a 2 or a 12, you win. Either way, if a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 is rolled, this number becomes the "point". The idea is then to roll the same number again before rolling a 7. After the Pass or Don't Pass bet, there is the "Come" or "Don't Come" bet. They are the same as the Pass and Don't Pass bets, bet are made after the first roll.
The second Phase of the game is the "point" phase. One a point is made, then you can place an odds bet on whether you think the Shooter is going to make the point (roll the same number again) or not make the point.
If you make a "place to win" bet, you are betting the point will be made before a 7 is rolled. If you make a "place to lose" bet, you are betting a 7 will be rolled before the point is made. Use "Place to Win" bets and "Place to Lose" bets to bet on whether you think the point will be made or not.

Other Craps Bets

Field bet - the next roll will be a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, or 12
Hardways bet - the next roll will be a double: 4-4, 6-6, 8-8, or 10-10 before a 4, 6, 8, 10 or 7 appears in any roll
Any Seven - the next roll will be 7
Any Craps - the next roll will be 2, 3 or 12
Craps Two - the next roll will be 2
Craps Twelve - the next roll will be 12
Craps Three - the next roll will be 3
Craps Eleven - the next roll will be 11
Big 6 - a 6 will be rolled before a 7
Big 8 - an 8 will be rolled before a 7
Buy Bet - the "Win" number will be rolled before a 7
Lay Bet - a 7 will be rolled before the "Lose" number

Dice Odds

The odds for any given roll are simple to calculate. Rolling two dice, there are 36 possible combinations, each one adding up to a number between 2 (1+1) and 12 (6+6); the odds are calculated based on how many different rolls add up to each number:

1+1=2 and 6+6=12�so the odds of rolling a 2 or a 12 are 1/36
1+2=3 or 2+1=3, 5+6=11 or 6+5=11�so the odds of rolling a 3 or an 11 are 2/36 = 1/18
1+3=4, 3+1=4, 2+2=4�odds of a 4 are 3/36 = 1/12
1+4=5, 4+1=5, 2+3=5, 3+2=5�odds of a 5 are 4/36 = 1/9 etc.
The odds of rolling a 7 are 1/6.

How to Win at Vegas Craps

Winning Craps is based on the bet you make.

If you have a Pass Line bet, you win even money if a 7 or 11 is rolled, but lose the bet if a 2, 3 or 12 is rolled. Once the point number is established, if it is rolled again you will win even money. You lose the bet if a 7 turns up before the point.

Check the odds table in the Help section of the game for details on true odds and payouts. Note that Buy and Lay bets are paid at true odds less a 5% commission. The commission is only charged on winning bets.

Vegas Craps Terms and Definitions

Box Cars - pair of 6's (12 - highest possible roll)

Come-Out Roll - first roll to establish the point

Craps Out - a 2, 3 or 12 is rolled on the come-out roll

Establish a Point - rolling a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 on the come out roll

Making a Point - rolling the point number again before a 7

Point - 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 that is rolled on the come-out roll

Shooter - The Player that rolls the dice

Snake Eyes - pair of 1's (2 - lowest possible roll)