Craps

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Dice and dice games go back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but current craps is only about one hundred years old. Modern day craps developed from the archaic English game named Hazard. No one is certain of the origin of the game, but Hazard is considered to have been created by the British man, Sir William of Tyre, in the 12th century. It’s rumored that Sir William’s knights gambled on Hazard during a siege on the fortification Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was derived from the fortification’s name.

Early French colonizers imported the game Hazard to French North America (the colony of Acadia, which is now Nova Scotia). In the 18th century, when exiled by the English, the French relocated south and happen upon refuge in southern Louisiana where they eventually became known as Cajuns. When they left Nova Scotia, they brought their preferred game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns simplified the dice game and developed it to be more statistically attractive. It’s stated that the Cajuns altered the name of the game to craps, which was developed from the term for the non-winning toss of two in the dice game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."

From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi river boats and all over the union. Many consider the dice maker John H. Winn as the founder of current craps. In the early 1900s, Winn created the modern craps table design. He included the Do not Pass line so gamblers could wager on the shooter to lose. Later, he created the boxes for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big eight, and Hardways.

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This little essay looks to quickly cover a few of the possible bets when betting on Craps internet. It’s important to remember that it is possible to make a bet in craps, even if you’re not the tosser.

Types of Craps Net Wagers:

1) Pass Line Wager: This, also referred to as the "Front Line", and is by far the highly favored and simplest wager in craps in that you bet that the tosser wins his game. This wager can be placed at any time but is normally laid prior to the "Come Out" roll. A gambler wins on this roll if the first roll is either a seven or eleven, and squanders if a 2, 3 or 12 is tossed.

2) Don’t Pass Wager: This is exactly the converse of the above, because you bet the tosser does not win his game. This bet is also known as the "Back Line".

3) Odds Bet: When the tosser establishes the point in the "Come Out" toss, you will make an odds bet as an option to your Pass Line or don’t Pass wager. In this bet the betting house has absolutely no advantage because you do not bet against it. Basically you enhance your "Pass" or "Don’t Pass" bet.

4) Come Bet: The "Come Wager" functions precisely like the "Pass Line" bet, but you lay the wager after the point is made. The following throw becomes the "Come Out" roll for your wager. A "Come Bet" will be the winner with 7 or 11 and does not win with two, three or twelve. All other numbers rolled cause your wager to be relocated to that particular number. For you to succeed, the point has to be rolled again before a 7 is rolled.

5) Hardways: A 4 4 is known as a Hard 4, a 5 5 as a Hard 5 etc. Collectively, all these doubles are referred to as the "Hardways". This is a laid wager on one of the doubles, 2 2, three’s, 4 4 and five’s.