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Holiday shopping making you crazy? Why not take a break and try an exciting game of craps online. Never played before? Never fear - Casino Fortune makes it easy for you to throw the dice at a very nice price - absolutely free! Just download the free PlayTech player at www.casinofortune.com and start rolling for fun - and keep your money in your wallet. (Of course, you also have the option of playing to win extra holiday spending cash when you’re ready!) Here are a few tips to get you started:

• To play Craps, you throw two dice, where the first total throw of both dice equalling 7 or 11 wins (these combos are also called “Naturals”)
• A first throw total of 2, 3 or 12 loses the bet
• If the first throw is anything other than the totals above, that number becomes the “Point” and the Point Number must be thrown before a 7 is thrown in order to win
• If a 7 is thrown before the Point Number is thrown, the player loses the bet (Crapped Out) and the dice must be passed to the next player that places a bet on the “Pass Line”
• The Pass Line area is the most popular betting area on the Craps table. A Pass Line bet can only be made on the come out roll (before a Point is established)
• Odds or “Free Odds” betting is the best way to reduce the House Advantage
• You take odds after a Point is established by clicking on your Pass or Come Bet. The applet knows you want full odds (depending on the odds option you selected) and will subtract the appropriate amount from your bankroll and put it just below your Pass Line Bet.
  • The free-odds paid on the point numbers are:
  • If point is 4 or 10: Payoff on odds bet is 2 to 1
  • If point is 5 or 9: Payoff on odds bet is 3 to 2
  • If point is 6 or 8: Payoff on odds bet is 6 to 5

Without free odds the house has approximately 1.4% advantage on all Pass Line or Come Bets. With double odds this advantage is reduced to 0.6%. Making this the best bet on the table (except for Don’t Pass/Come Bets which when double odds are “laid” here the house advantage is also 0.6%).
The reason the house advantage drops when taking double odds is because the house has no advantage on these bets they are paid at the correct odds as shown above.

• Buying the Odds:
  Once a Point has been thrown you may bet up to 2 times your Pass Line bet on the ‘odds.’ The odds are simply an additional wager that the Point will be rolled before a 7. Because the probability of the Point being rolled first is less than 50% you win more than you bet if it happens. Specifically if the Point is a 6 or 8 the odds pay 6:5, if the Point is a 5 or 9 the odds pay 3:2, and if the Point is a 4 or 10 the odds pay 2:1.
• Don’t Pass:
  The Don’t Pass is almost the opposite of the Pass Line bet. If the Come out roll is a 2 or 3 then you win, a 7 or 11 you lose. A 12 is a push. Otherwise the dice are rolled over and over until either the Point or a 7 is rolled. If the 7 comes before the Point you win.A person betting on the Don’t Pass is not the wager of choice by many Players, since this bet is betting against the shooter. This is also called a “wrong” bettor and is usually winning when everyone else is losing, and vice versa.

These are just a few of the different ways you can bet on Craps. Learn more at www.casinofortune.com and get ready to roll!

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