Craps Rules
In craps, players take turns rolling two dice. The player rolling the dice is called the "shooter" and the game is played in rounds, with the first roll of a new round called the "come-out roll."
On the come-out roll, if the total of the dice are 7, 11, 2, 3 or 12, the round ends immediately. This is called a "win" or a "Natural". If the shooter instead rolls a 2, 3 or 12 on the come-out roll, this is is called "craps", and the round ends immediately.
If the shooter rolls anything else (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10) on the come-out roll, this is called the “point”. Once the point is established, then the shooter continues to roll the dice until either a 7 is rolled or the point is rolled again. If the shooter rolls the point again, the round ends and the game starts over, with the same shooter starting a new round with a come-out roll. If the shooter rolls a 7, the round ends and the dice pass to the next player to the left, who becomes the new shooter.
In a casino, a craps table is run by four casino employees: a boxman (who manages the chips and generally oversees the action); two base dealers who stand to either side of the boxman and collect and pay bets; and a stickman who stands directly across the table from the boxman and announces the results of each roll and collects the dice with a long wooden stick.
A new shooter, who must bet the table minimum on either the pass line or the don't pass line to play, is presented five dice by the stickman and picks two.The dealers will usually insist that the shooter roll with one hand and that the dice bounce off the wall surrounding the table. This is to prevent players from trying to sneak in loaded dice that are rigged to roll certain numbers a larger percentage of time than they should naturally.
