This post is syndicated by the Las Vegas Advisor for the 888 casino group. Anthony Curtis comments on the 888 article introduced and linked to on this page.
AC says: This is a beginner’s primer on playing craps. It’s a how-to-play article without much discussion about strategy. That’s good, because besides making the bets with the lowest house advantage — for which this article forcefully advocates — there isn’t a winning strategy for playing craps absent external conditions, e.g., playing in a tournament, playing with a coupon, incorporating play with a valuable promotion, etc. One aside. A line at the end of the article that references playing craps at an “expert level” made me think of one of my favorite lines ever in a gambling book. In his book Extra Stuff—Gambling Ramblings, Peter Griffin writes, “The mathematician regards any expert advice on how to bet at craps as being equivalent to expert advice on how to smoke cigarettes or how to be run over by a cement truck.” Another quote I like came from legendary gambler Nick “The Greek” Dandolos: “The best strategy I know of for craps is betting the don’t pass with full odds. Playing that way, I’ve lost millions of dollars.” Gotta love it!
This article was written by Frank Scoblete in association with 888Casino.
Crash Course Craps
Don’t be afraid.
I know that many novice craps players or players initially looking over the craps game, perhaps thinking they might try it, can be intimidated by the layout which seems as complicated as cuneiform writing or Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Yes, that layout does seem complicated but in truth the game is easy to play and if played properly gives the player a decent chance of beating the house on any given session. Of course, the key words here are “if played properly.”
Craps is a game that is often played incorrectly by players who make some of the worst bets in the game, which translates into some of the worst bets in the casino as well. Bad bets make it much, much tougher to have a victory over the casinos’ mathematical edges at craps and other games.
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