Online craps beginner's guide

Online craps starts with a come-out roll. The pass line bet wins on 7 or 11. The pass line bet loses on 2, 3 or 12. Any other total becomes the point, and the same bet stays up until that point or a 7 appears.

The point changes the meaning of the next rolls. A 7 before the point loses the pass line. The point before a 7 wins the pass line. The dice do not remember earlier shooters, so each roll uses the same two-dice totals.

A come bet uses that same sequence after a point already exists. The next roll is the come-out roll for that come bet alone. A second point can sit on the layout beside the original point. A wheel game uses a different layout from the dice table. The published rules for that layout sit in the mobile roulette guide.

Don't pass bets against the shooter. Don't pass wins on a come-out 2 or 3. Don't pass loses on a come-out 7 or 11. A come-out 12 is a tie, so the stake stays and the roll does not settle the bet.

After the point is set, don't pass wins when a 7 arrives first. Don't pass loses when the point arrives first. The house edge stays near the pass line figure of about 1.4% because the tie on 12 removes one winning total from the don't side.

A don't come bet copies that contract once a point is already working. The next roll opens the don't come bet. A 7 later wins it if the new point has not appeared. Place don't come only after the original point is marked, or the chip is still a come-out bet.

An odds bet sits behind a pass, don't pass, come or don't come bet after a point exists. The odds bet has a house edge of 0%. The casino pays the odds bet at the true chance of that point against a 7.

The point decides the price. Points 4 and 10 pay 2 to 1 on a pass-line odds bet. Points 5 and 9 pay 3 to 2. Points 6 and 8 pay 6 to 5. Don't-pass odds reverse the stake and the payout, because the 7 is then the winning total.

The table sets a multiple, often 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x the line bet. Take odds only up to the multiple the rules print, and only with money already inside the session budget. Free odds do not change the chance that the point arrives. They change the price on the part of the stake that sits behind the line.

A phone table compresses the pass line, the don't pass bar and the centre proposition boxes into one screen. Zoom in before the chip leaves your finger. Turn the phone sideways when the bet areas overlap.

The bet slip is the check. Read the name of the area after the chip lands. A chip on a hardway, a horn bet or any other centre box is a proposition bet. Proposition bets carry a higher house edge than the pass line's about 1.4%.

RNG craps draws each total from a random number generator. Live craps shows a dealer and physical dice on a stream. Both versions keep the same come-out rules. Practice mode spends no cash, so use it until the point, the come bet and the odds chip land where you intend.

Set the session budget before the first come-out roll. Split that budget into line bets of one size. Stop when the budget is gone, or when the win target you wrote down is reached.

A losing run is a sequence of points that seven-out. Raising the line bet after those rolls spends the budget faster. The next roll still has the same totals. Skip a roll when the only open areas are proposition bets.

Review the session by bet name. Count how much sat on the pass line, how much sat on odds, and how much landed in the centre. The centre total is the part to cut next time. No betting pattern removes the house edge on the line bets.