Craps can be really intimidating for first-time players. We’d like to offer you some well-worn but very important tips for the novice craps player.

1. CRAPS

2. Craps can be a somewhat complicated game to play
for the first time player. A simple glance at the craps
table reveals a plethora of betting options available to
the player: a Pass line, a Don't Pass line, a Come, a
Don't Come. Of all the games available at the casino,
craps is undoubtedly the most intimidating at first.

3. But once you understand that every square on the
craps board really just signifies different bets with
different odds at different times you come to see that
appearances can be deceiving and what appears like a
convoluted and complicated game is in fact nothing
more than a simple calculation of odds.

4. For first-time craps players, the Pass line is the
essential bet to understand. Every craps round has a
designated shooter, whose job it is to roll the dice. If
you bet on the Pass line, then you're hoping for the
shooter to roll a seven or an 11, which will instantly win
you even money. In fact, the Pass line bet has the single
lowest house advantage of all the bets available.

5. It set at a little under 1.5 percent, which is in
enormous contradistinction to some of the less
recommended proposition bets that carry a house
edge of as high as 16 to 17%.
Here are three tips for new craps players to become
part of the action in no time at all:

6. It is senseless joining a craps game in the middle of a
round when everyone is eagerly awaiting the shooter's
next role. Rather wait for a break in the action to find
the precise moment to place your bets. It is critical that
you understand whether the game is in the come out
round or in the point round.
1: Wait for your break

7. Remember, craps players are notorious for being the
most jittery and certainly the most suspicious. If you're
still feeling your way around game for the first time,
rather join a table where there is an absence of too
much action, and where the frenzied bets over whether
or not seven will imminently be rolled is more subdued.
1: Wait for your break

8. Shooters feel under enough pressure as it is. And it
goes without saying that the entire table has their eyes
on the shooter as they await his next role. Don't berate
him for throwing a number that doesn't suit you, and
certainly don't try and hold his hand, pat his back or
make any other inappropriate physical contact. The roll
is what the roll is, so accept it.
2: Don’t touch the Shooter

9. In spite of the fact that craps moves at anything
but a glacial pace, remember that it’s your money
that's been wagered, so if you're unsure of any
particular bet at any particular time, stop the
boxman and ask him for clarification.
3: Don’t be scared to ask…