How to play craps? It's very easy. Many online casino players who never tried it before ask how to play craps and we're going to help them.

Craps games are of course played on a craps table because craps is a table game. Craps table isn't simple so you might want to read "craps table", "craps betting" and "craps odds" articles. Like most table games, craps has table limits - minimum and maximum craps bets allowed in the game.

In craps you play with two dice. Craps dice are rolled together every round and are summed up. A craps dice outcome that results in 2, 3, 7, 11 and 12 have special meaning. When craps dice plays 4 - 10, it's called "the place". Rolling craps dice is called "shooting" in craps language.

The most important craps dice score is seven as there's a number of craps wagers that depends on it. 

A craps dice roll can be either hard or hard or soft. Hard roll is when both craps dice roll out the same value; any other roll is called soft. For instance, when craps dice rolls out 4 and 4, it's a hard roll, and when it's 5 and 3, it's a soft roll. Hard rolls and soft rolls are craps terms that are needed to understand craps bets.

The craps game revolves around most common craps bets - the pass line and the don't pass line. Whenever one of them wins, the other one loses. Pass/don't pass line bets are even bets which means that the player who wins on a pass line or don't pass line bet gets his bet back and also collects an amount equal to the winning bet.

The craps game may seem tricky to an unprepared player, but you will understand how to play craps as soon as you learn the game flow and the simple rules. Besides, the craps tables have explanations on them most of the time.

In the beginning of every craps round, initial bets are made. You can only bet on pass/don't pass bets at this point. The craps player then shoots the first roll, which is called the "comeout". If the "special" numbers - 2, 3, 7, 11 or 12 - are rolled out, one of the simple bets wins. When a craps bet wins, the round is considered over.

If, however, the player shoots a "place" roll - one of 4 to 10 - a special marker with "ON" written on it is placed next to the score on the betting table that was rolled. This number is called the "point".

At this stage, the craps player can make additional supplemental bets, called "free odds". Free odds bets can only extend previous pass/don't pass bets.

The last stage of the game is called "hitting the point". The shooter will be rolling the craps dice until the point score is achieved again or seven - the magic craps score - is rolled. If the shooter rolls seven, the don't pass line bet wins; if the shooter rolls the point instead, the pass line bet wins. Unless either of these two conditions are achieved, the shooter will keep shooting. The players are allowed to make bets between the shootings.

To better understand how this fantastic craps game is played, you should definitely try playing a free craps game. Free online craps are available at every online casino; some even offer free craps shockwave - a craps game on a website that can be played online, also called a craps simulator. Such free online craps games don't have to be downloaded.