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Craps Variations

You’ll find a number of craps variations with differing rules, odds and settings. Check the thumbnail descriptions below. Before playing any of these variations, be sure that you fully understand the rules.


Crapless Craps

You gotta love the name! It’s also known as "Bastard Craps." This simplified form of craps can be found in only one casino in Las Vegas, the Stratosphere.


It’s called Crapless craps, because you cannot lose on the come out roll. If you throw a standard craps (2, 3 or 12), instead of losing, that number becomes the point. Natural 11s on the come out also become the point number. Only the natural 7 wins on the come out roll. The only way for the shooter to lose is to throw a 7 before the point.


Don’t Pass and Don’t Come areas are conspicuously absent from the table layout. The price for all this simplification is that the house edge is approximately four times greater than in the crappy version of craps!


Simplified Craps

True to its name, in Simplified craps, the shooter wins when throwing a 2, 3, 4, 10, 11 or 12 and loses when throwing a 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9. It doesn’t get any simpler than this.


The overall house advantage is substantially greater than the house advantage in Bank craps: 2.8%.


Payoffs vary as follows:

Total

Payoff

2

3 to 1

3 or 4

1 to 1 (evens)

10 or 11

2 to 1

12

5 to 1

High Point Craps

In High Point craps, a dice roll of 11 or 12 wins automatically. A come out roll of 2 or 3 is ignored. If the shooter rolls anything other than 2, 3, 11 or 12 on the come out roll, that number becomes the point number. The shooter must roll a number other than the point number to win. All payoffs are 1:1, and the house edge is 2.35%.


New York Craps

You’ll find New York craps played along the East coast of the United States. You might also find it in the UK and the Bahamas.


The New York craps table and layout differ from the standard bank craps table, and it is called a double-end dealer. You’ll immediately notice the absence of the Come/Don’t Come betting area. New York craps also eliminates the Place bets.


Players bet on numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10, and the bets are paid at true odds. The house takes a 5% commission or vigorish on each right bet.


Private Craps

You probably caught your first glimpse of craps on the American small or big screen. Often played by soldiers, street gangs and high-stakes gangsters, this is not a game for novices. In fact, it can be dangerous if you don’t know the people playing the game. You won’t find private craps in a casino or at any craps table. More likely, you’ll find it in a back alley somewhere.


The shooter stakes the game by throwing money into the center of the playing area, and there are no fixed rules. Players cover part or all of the shooter’s stake. If the shooter wins, he wins everything; if the shooter loses, the players take back their stake and an equal amount of the shooter’s stake.


Open Craps

Another illegal private version of craps, this is a high-stakes, big money game. You won’t find this game in a back alley; more likely, you’ll find it in a private gaming location. Open craps is privately staked, and all bets are made in cash. The stakes often exceed house limits found in casinos.


The Open craps makeshift table layout consists of a Win Line, a Lose Line and box numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10. Players can make bets with the book or they can make side bets with other players. The book usually charges a 5% commission on right money.


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