If you like to gamble and you haven’t tried craps, you are truly missing something. Craps is by far the most exciting game you’ll find in the casino, partly because money can change hands so quickly. There’s nothing like the roar from a packed table when the shooter hits their point on something like a hard four! If Craps could be summed in one sentence it would be this: A game that determines winners due to the outcome of a dice roll.  It would be nice if learning craps were this easy.  Yet, as intimidating as craps seems to many players unfamiliar with the game, learning the rules is actually quite simple.When becoming acquainted with the rules of the game, the first thing a player should due is study the layout of the craps table itself.  You only need to concern yourself with one side of the craps table, for the entire table consists of two asymmetrical halves that are exactly the same.  This layout component facilitates play from all areas of the table.  However, you will only be presented with one half of the table when playing online craps in an internet casino.  The craps table consists of a series of boxes where the chips of various types of bets are placed.   After learning what type of bet goes where, you should familiarize yourself with what each bet entails.

When being directly fronted by an online craps table, the player will first see a horizontal box that says the phrase, Pass Line, which is the section to make Pass Bets .  Directly behind this box is one that says "Don't Pass Bar".  This is where Don't Pass bets are placed.  Just behind this box is a larger one marked with the word "Field" and the numbers 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12 - with the numbers 2and 12 circled (meaning they pay bonuses - usually double). This is where Field Bets are made.  Directly behind the Field box is another horizontal box of similar size printed with the word "Come".  This is where Come Bets are set. Caddy corner to the right or left-hand side of the aforementioned boxes is a triangular shaped box with the word "Big" and large numbers six and eight printed in it.  This is where  "Big 6" and "Big 8" bets are placed.  A series of numbered boxes (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) are located directly behind the Come Box.  These are the box numbers and is where Place Bets, Buy Bets, Lay Bets and/or bets governed by point numbers are set by the dealer.  Between this box and the vertical run of the Don't Pass Bar is a Don't Come Bar.  This is where Don't Come Bets are made.  And just right or left to this entire group of boxes is yet another series of boxes (which most craps players do not bother using due to their higher House Edge).  At the top of this series of boxes is a box labeled 'Seven',  'Any Craps' and two vertical strips of boxes with various dice combinations.  This is where Proposition Bets are made.

Before I go into an explanation of each kind of bet I just mentioned, I must advise it is wise to only concern yourself with a few boxes.  The only places on the table that you the bettor will be primarily setting your chips in are the Pass Line Box, Don't Pass Bar, Come Box, and Don't Come Bar.  The numbers themselves are only used for Field, Place and Buy Bets.  All other times, the dealer will move your chips to a number when the situation applies.Two terms you should know before studying the different types of craps bets:
Come Out Roll - After a bettor has made a wager, this is the very next dice roll by the dice thrower, also called the shooter.
The Point Number - If a bettor's wager does not win or lose on the come-out roll, whatever the value of the dice roll is becomes the point number.