Jul 2, 2026 | craps, Features Articles, Gaming News
Craps is one of the most psychologically fascinating games in the casino because the energy of the table often overrides the mathematics of the wagers. Players cheer for hot rolls, celebrate long streaks, and emotionally align themselves with the shooter. Yet from a purely statistical perspective, one of the strongest bets in the casino is rooted in betting against that excitement: the Don’t Pass line.
The Don’t Pass bet is effectively the inverse of the Pass Line. Instead of wagering that the shooter will establish and successfully make a point, the bettor is wagering that the shooter will fail. Emotionally, many players dislike the wager because it positions them against the table’s momentum. Mathematically, however, it is one of the lowest-house-edge bets available in craps.
On the come-out roll, the Don’t Pass loses immediately if the shooter rolls 7 or 11, but wins if the shooter rolls 2 or 3. A roll of 12 typically results in a push. Once a point is established — 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 — the Don’t Pass bettor wins if a 7 appears before the point repeats.
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Jul 2, 2026 | craps, Features Articles, Gaming News
Craps delivers raw excitement on Southern and Midwest casino floors. The clatter of dice and cheers from the rail draw crowds from Biloxi to Michigan, where the game echoes its medieval and frontier roots.
Craps evolved from the English game Hazard, which dates to at least the 12th–14th centuries, possibly during the Crusades. Legend credits English knights, perhaps led by Sir William of Tyre, with creating Hazard while besieging the Syrian castle “Hazarth.” They gambled to pass the time, and the name may derive from that siege or the Arabic “al-zahr” (dice).
Hazard was complex, with players choosing a “main” number and betting on rolls. French players called losing rolls of 2 or 3 “crabs,” leading to the term “craps.” Another theory ties “craps” to “crapaud” (French for toad), describing players crouched like frogs on sidewalks for street versions.
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May 14, 2026 | craps, Craps Tips & Strategies, Features Articles, Gaming News, In this Issue, Winning Tips
Craps delivers raw excitement on Southern and Midwest casino floors. The clatter of dice and cheers from the rail draw crowds from Biloxi to Michigan, where the game echoes its medieval and frontier roots. Craps evolved from the English game Hazard, which dates to at least the 12th–14th centuries, possibly during the Crusades.
Legend credits English knights, perhaps led by Sir William of Tyre, with creating Hazard while besieging the Syrian castle “Hazarth.” They gambled to pass the time, and the name may derive from that siege or the Arabic “al-zahr” (dice).
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Mar 6, 2026 | craps, Craps Tips & Strategies, Gaming News, In this Issue, Winning Tips
Few casino experiences match the excitement of a lively craps table. Chips clatter across felt, players cheer in unison, and strangers become teammates with every winning roll. The game’s fast pace and communal spirit create one of the most electric atmospheres in any casino. Beneath the noise and celebration, however, craps is governed by precise mathematics. Players who understand probability and bet selection can enjoy the spectacle while keeping the house edge remarkably low.
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Mar 11, 2024 | craps, Craps Tips & Strategies, Gaming News, In this Issue
Craps is a table game with multiple bets, most of them awful, some are horrendous, and others are okay. Most players like to make Pass Line bets, which come out to a loss of $1.41 per $100 wagered. That means the house has a 1.41 percent edge on this bet – not bad at all.
Many players also like to place numbers (which means go right up on the numbers) and the house edges for this kind of bet go from decent (1.52 percent on placing of the 6 and 8); to terrible (4 percent on the 5 and 9) to suicidal (6.67 percent on the 4 and 10).
Many players also love to make what my mentor the late Captain of Craps called Crazy Crapper bets (see my book Casino Craps: Shoot to Win!). These are bets that come in with extremely high house edges ranging from single roll bets such as the Field (5.55 percent) to the Yo and 3 (11.11 percent) to the Big Red, also called Any Seven (16.67 percent) to multi-roll bets such as the Hard 4 and 10 (11.11 percent) and the Hard 6 and 8 (9.09 percent). These are just some of the many Crazy Crapper bets that lurk to undo the unwary, unwise and unaware craps player and as the Captain said, “You have to be crazy to make these bets.”
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Feb 6, 2020 | craps, Craps Tips & Strategies, Gaming News
In the past, I have discussed darkside, rightside and proper betting practices. I’ve discussed the players playing these ways socially – why they do what they do, why they don’t do this or that, and why they should. Now it’s time to let the players speak for themselves. How do they play? What is their secrets to success or failure?
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